But like every other black church in every other black community across the nation, the modest pine-plank structure meant something special to its congregation.

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Accompanied by a posse of cabinet ministers, congressmen and corporate executives, the president touched down in Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota and other black spots of economic backwardness.

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Stornoway black pudding and apple gratin is nothing of the sort, and features sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts.

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The 400, 000-acre Ocala National Forest is a tangle of springs, sand-pine scrub and subtropical forest that is home to raccoons, flying squirrels, otters and black bears, as well as many species of bird.

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