The local newspaper delivers the hometown paper to deployed soldiers so that they can stay in touch with home.

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The paper reported that thousands of National Guard soldiers were assisting.

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"Crittenden was told by U.S. Customs agents that other reporters and soldiers returning from Iraq have been and will be subject to similar searches, " the paper's statement said.

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