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A Cultural Comeback in the Big Easy
November 16, 2005A Cultural Comeback in the Big Easy -- Jazz funeral, second line, and world debut concert of 'All the Saints,' a newly commissioned work by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and Grammy nominated jazz legend Irvin...
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House Drops Arctic Drilling From Bill
November 11, 2005A solid phalanx of Republican moderates drove House GOP leaders to drop a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wilderness area to oil drilling as a sweeping budget bill headed toward a vote Thursday, Nov....
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Chicagoans protest naval academy
November 11, 2005CHICAGO — With banners reading, “No Military Academy at Senn High School, Teach Peace” and “End the Militarism in Public Schools, Schools are for Learning not for Recruiting,” parents, students and community residents protested at the...
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Sacramento says, Bring the troops home!
November 11, 2005SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento City Council, by an 8-1 vote on Nov. 1, called for “a humane, orderly, rapid and comprehensive withdrawal of United States military personnel and bases from Iraq.” The council also asked...
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Martina Cruz wins election
November 11, 2005LAWRENCE, Mass. — Community and peace activist Martina Cruz handily won her race for a seat on this city’s School Committee with 65 percent of the vote in the municipal elections Nov. 8. Cruz is also...
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