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  • Marx is back

    Marx is back

    June 30, 2006

    CHICAGO — The spirit of Karl Marx was revived here in a one-man play called “Marx in Soho” that ran June 8-10 at the Acme Art Works center. The mini-run was a benefit for the Near...

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  • BOOK REVIEW: Alaskan landscape teems with life

    BOOK REVIEW: Alaskan landscape teems with life

    June 30, 2006

    Author Lesley Thomas recently passed a milestone. Her first novel, “Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North,” has now sold over 1,000 copies, a magic number that means critics are taking notice. It...

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  • High court refuses to review anti-abortion tag programs

    High court refuses to review anti-abortion tag programs

    June 30, 2006

    In a move that appears to protect “government speech” while stifling individual expression, the U.S. Supreme Court June 26 announced its decision not to hear appeals from the American Civil Liberties Union and other pro-choice groups...

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  • U.S. groups challenge blockade of Cuba

    U.S. groups challenge blockade of Cuba

    June 30, 2006

    The Pastors for Peace/U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan and the Venceremos Brigade are off once more to Cuba, the 17th time for the faith-based group led by the Rev. Lucius Walker and the 37th trip for the VB,...

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  • Nuclear weapons in any hands pose global threat

    Nuclear weapons in any hands pose global threat

    June 30, 2006

    Even as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice condemns North Korea for threatening to test a new missile that could theoretically deliver a nuclear weapon to the Western Aleutians, the Pentagon is poised to develop its own...

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