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Don White Presente!
August 22, 2008I love Los Angeles. Not the la-la land of the media. I like downtown LA, east of Hill St., the Maginot Line the LAPD puts up to keep the homeless away from the high rises. I...
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One of the greatest stories of all times The Memphis sanitation workers strike remembered
August 22, 2008BOOK REVIEW Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign. By Michael K. Honey. W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 2007, 623 pp. SAN FRANCISCO — Fortieth anniversary events this year have highlighted...
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Another Olympic first
August 22, 2008Cullen Jones, only the second African American to make the U.S. Olympic Swim Team, is the first African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal for his performance in the team’s 4 x 100 freestyle relay....
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Musharraf resigns, Pakistan hopes for better days
August 22, 2008There were celebrations throughout Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf resigned Aug. 18. Jubilant crowds gave out sweets and congratulated each other for the democratic victory, one daily newspaper, The Frontier Post, reported.
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Study: Latino voters favor Obama
August 22, 2008Nov. 4 could ultimately change the face of American politics and it is Latino voters who could make the difference. In a recent poll by the nationwide Pew Hispanic Center, Latinos are overwhelmingly supporting Sen. Barack...
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