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  • The Tigers and the spirit of Detroit

    The Tigers and the spirit of Detroit

    November 3, 2006

    They came so close, and for most Detroiters that was more than enough — and we did beat the Yankees, to the delight of all but a small section of lower New York. Ordonez, Monroe, Casey,...

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  • EDITORIAL: Your vote matters!

    EDITORIAL: Your vote matters!

    November 3, 2006

    To the credit of the American people — and despite all the Bush administration/Repub-lican efforts at intimidation, threats, lies, spin and mudslinging — polls have shown the Bush Republicans in a free fall. In this highly...

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  • We too sing America. The struggle for African American equality, from slavery to today

    We too sing America. The struggle for African American equality, from slavery to today

    November 3, 2006

    Returning this fall to the campus where he became a professor, Walter R. Allen led a mainly student audience at the University of Michigan’s School of Education through the history of the African American struggle against...

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  • Stem cell battle in Missouri

    Stem cell battle in Missouri

    November 3, 2006

    The Stem Cell Initiative on the ballot in Missouri would amend the state’s constitution to protect stem cell research and therapies allowed by federal law. Missouri would be the first state to do so. The campaign...

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  • Latino environmental activists shaping urban agenda

    Latino environmental activists shaping urban agenda

    November 3, 2006

    EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) — Maria Valdez didn’t consider herself an environmentalist when she pressed this city east of Los Angeles to buy land ringed with factories and railroad tracks for a new neighborhood park. The...

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