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Two unforgettable tales at Toronto

The Toronto International Film Festival featured two impressive stories about music and the trials of surviving in the music world. In the elegiac “The Violin,” Plutarco is an aged and humble violinist with one hand missing....

CARTOON

U.S. health care falls short

How does U.S. health care measure up? The N.Y.-based Commonwealth Fund has released a report entitled “A National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance.” The United States ranks 15th out of 19 countries in deaths of...

Hotel workers check in on struggle nationwide

NEW YORK — Unite Here’s nationwide “Hotel Workers Rising” campaign picked up wins in Chicago, San Francisco and Monterey, Calif., in late September, the union reported here recently. In a separate triumph, Unite Here Local 5...

WORLD NOTES

Japan: No free ride for new, right-wing premier The first cabinet of new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came under criticism at a Sept. 26 meeting of Communist delegates to the Japanese Diet. Party Chair Shii...