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  • In three key states, labor takes stock

    In three key states, labor takes stock

    November 5, 2004 By Susan Webb

    After a hard-fought battle, Minnesota voters gave their state to John Kerry, but they also reshaped the balance of power in the state Capitol by trouncing a score of Republican state legislators.

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  • Story of Emmett Till wins Hamptons prize

    Story of Emmett Till wins Hamptons prize

    November 5, 2004

    “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till” is a documentary investigating the murder and subsequent injustice surrounding Emmett Louis Till’s death. Many consider this case to be the true catalyst for the American civil rights movement....

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  • This Bear Cub is big and burly

    This Bear Cub is big and burly

    November 5, 2004

    The story of “Bear Cub” is simple enough: Pedro is an attractive, gay dentist. He offers to take care of his 9-year-old nephew Bernardo for two weeks while the child’s mother, Pedro’s older sister Violeta, goes...

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  • Spend Happy Hour with LaPaglia and friends

    Spend Happy Hour with LaPaglia and friends

    November 5, 2004

    Every drunk has an excuse. Tulley, the main character in Mike Bencivenga’s “Happy Hour,” is no exception. He is a once-promising but now-blocked writer, who is reduced to editing bad copy for an advertising agency. To...

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  • Texas progressives outvoted

    Texas progressives outvoted

    November 5, 2004

    DALLAS — George W. Bush improved his 2000 win in his home state by 3 percent. He won Texas with 62 percent, although he did not do as well in the major cities. Dallas County went...

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