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  • Torture victim fights for freedom

    Torture victim fights for freedom

    August 19, 2008 By Pepe Lozano

    Every day Mark Clements prays to God in his prison cell that one day he will be a free man. He has been incarcerated since 1981–27 years–for a crime he says he did not commit. A...

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  • John Rujevcic Gerlach, 1915-2008

    John Rujevcic Gerlach, 1915-2008

    August 16, 2008

    At the ripe age of 93, John R. Gerlach, the former Intelligence Officer of the Legendary 15th Brigade that included the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, passed away on August 12th, in Camarillo, California—having lived a very long...

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  • Now we owe Cusack

    Now we owe Cusack

    August 16, 2008

    MovieREVIEW War, Inc. Directed by Joshua Seftel, Written by Mark Leyner, Jeremy Pikser, and John Cusack 107 min., R, 2008 If there is anyone left who approves of the Bush administration’s war policies, they won’t like...

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  • Youth volunteers help win local race

    Youth volunteers help win local race

    August 16, 2008

    ST. LOUIS — Volunteers participating in the Summer Youth Elections Camp here were credited with the victory of Robin Wright-Jones in the 5th District State Senate primary here Aug. 5. Wright-Jones won by 111 votes over...

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  • Got money?

    Got money?

    August 16, 2008

    State budget gaps spreading, reports say Like pollutants spreading through a food chain, the consequences of the country’s economic crisis are multiplying in state budgets around the nation. Bush administration policies have made the crisis worse....

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