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Troubled teen had rough home life
October 19, 2007CLEVELAND — Anguish and sorrow fill this city as teachers, parents, students, public officials and the community as a whole try to make sense of the tragic Oct. 10 shootings at SuccessTech Academy. Delegates to the...
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Union leaders reflect dissent in Chrysler vote
October 19, 2007Many leaders of the United Auto Workers are voicing concern about the contract agreed to by the union’s negotiating committee last week, an agreement that ended a six-hour nationwide strike against Chrysler. Their opposition to the...
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Two trees
October 12, 2007The following poem was inspired by a coincidence: two trees recently became prominent in the news at almost the same time. One was the so-called “white tree” in Jena, La., which had become a symbol of...
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Cubs fans shortchanged
October 12, 2007At last! So I thought before the Chicago Cubs lost against the Arizona Diamondbacks in National League’s baseball playoffs. Long-suffering fans of the Cubbies (of which I was one until I realized it was a business...
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Who will be the last to die?
October 12, 2007Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began their latest tour Oct. 2, performing many tracks from their newly released album “Magic,” which consists of upbeat pop-rock tunes and social criticism. Springsteen, 58, originally from New...
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