U.S.
Calif. heat wave kills 141, mainly poor
August 11, 2006SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California heat wave last month killed more people than either the Northridge earthquake of 1994, the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 or the wildfires of 2003. On July 29, the record two-week...
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Progressive for Congress comes under fire
August 11, 2006MINNEAPOLIS — If Keith Ellison is elected in November to represent Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, he will bring to the U.S. House of Representatives a fresh progressive voice in tradition of Paul Wellstone. He will also...
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Coulter crap: Dont ignore it, expose it
August 4, 2006BOOK REVIEW Godless: The Church of Liberalism By Ann Coulter Crown Forum 2006, Hardcover, 320 pages Why would Ann Coulter dedicate the last one-third of her latest book to attacking science? More specifically, why would this...
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Asian American actors career was forged by struggle
August 4, 2006Mako, the Japan-born actor who used his Oscar nomination for the 1966 film “The Sand Pebbles” to push for better roles for Asian American actors, died July 21. He was 72. Mako, whose birth name was...
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Required watching: How DeLay stole Congress
August 4, 2006MovieREVIEWThe Big Buy: Tom DeLay’s Stolen Congress Produced, directed and edited by Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck Brave New Films, 2006 Available on DVDFeaturing Tom DeLay grinning like a Cheshire cat throughout the film, “The Big...
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