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Human rights group urges action on parole for Oscar Lopez
January 28, 2011Only days remain for the public to ask for the United States Parole Commission to grant parole to a Puerto Rican independence activist who has now spent 29 years in a federal penitentiary in Florence, Colo.
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Milwaukee’s finest: the amazing story of John Gilman
January 28, 2011"Once we die, all that remains are the remembrances of what we've done while we were here..." It is because of this belief that John Gilman felt compelled to put into his own words his life...
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Massachusetts aims to curb modern-day slavery
January 28, 2011Massachusetts is one of only five states without a law aimed at ending human trafficking, but a bill introduced Jan. 20 into both the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives aims to change that.
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Chicago Chamber of Commerce seeks ‘business friendly’ city council
January 28, 2011The Chicago Chamber of Commerce announced it's endorsement of 35 aldermanic candidates Jan. 26.
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Filibuster curbs defeated
January 28, 2011A campaign backed by organized labor, to curb the power of Senate minorities to halt virtually every piece of legislation by filibustering, went down in flames in the tradition-bound chamber on Jan. 27.
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