Most oilfields are in the landlocked south, which needs northern pipelines to Port Sudan on the Red Sea to export the stuff.

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While it's true that not everyone loved that she omitted most of the traditional red from the outfits, the stuff still looked pretty good on those Olympic-ready torsos.

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It is hardly the stuff of red red roses.

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For the second day in a row, traders simply shrugged their shoulders in response to the headlines and focused on the good stuff such as some strong earnings (Red Hat and Micron led the charge here) and continued improvement in initial unemployment claims.

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We try to reduce the cheese intake and red meats and stuff.

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Filaree Farm in Okanogan, Wash. (509-422-6940, www.filareefarm.com), sells some of the spiciest stuff available, including the red-tipped Persian Star from Uzbekistan and Russian Inferno from, interestingly enough, Spokane, Wash.

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"To negate all the years I played for the Boston Red Sox, and all the tradition, and you look at all the stuff I've piled up in my house, to say I'll just throw it out the window is not true, " Youkilis said.

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