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RI war vet, 93, honored with Spanish citizenship
July 10, 2009In 1937, John Hovan volunteered to travel to Spain and fight on the side of democracy against Gen. Franciso Franco's fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War. Now, at age 93, he's being honored with Spanish...
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Doctor walks 700 miles for health care reform
July 10, 2009In an effort to expose the failures of the current health care system, Dr. Ogan Gurel, 45, is trekking nearly 700 miles on foot from Chicago to Washington D.C. in order to bring to the attention...
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Climate change unresolved at G8 summit
July 10, 2009The United States and the leaders of the planet’s largest industrialized nations said yesterday at the G-8 summit that the earth has to go green by cutting half of all emissions linked to climate change by...
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Cubas revolution: continuous change
July 10, 2009In the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, the afore-named magical creature spins straw into gold. That image came to mind during a recent visit to Cuba, a country that if not actually turning anything into gold, has certainly...
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A new science show for Discovery channel junkies
July 10, 2009Can science be funny? Renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson does. And that's why he has teamed up with Comedy Central's Lynn Koplitz for a new science-based radio talk show called . Tyson says the show...
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