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Mortgage crisis stoked by incredible greed
August 17, 2007Baton Rouge, La., Kansas City, Mo., and Bethlehem, Pa., are far from Wall Street, but they are among the ground zeros in the financial crisis now grabbing headlines. It’s a crisis caused, some say, by “incredible...
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Blues bounty serves food bank
August 11, 2007Bernard Allison performs at the 13th Annual Pittsburgh Blues Festival, which was held July 20-22 at Hartwood Acres. The proceeds benefited the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Nationally known artists Delbert McClinton and Frank Marino were...
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Texas unionists demand health care for all
August 10, 2007CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coming to this coastal city from all corners of the Lone Star State, a strikingly diverse group of delegates — men and women of many nationalities, young and old — gathered for...
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Experiencing Afghanistan on foot
August 10, 2007BOOK REVIEW The Places in Between By Rory Stewart Harvest Books, 2006 Softcover, 320 pp., $14. Five hundred years ago, a displaced young prince named Babur traveled across what is now Afghanistan, from Herat to Kabul....
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Why are so many Americans struggling?
August 10, 2007BOOK REVIEW The Great Risk Shift By Jacob S. Hacker Oxford University Press, 2006 Hardcover, 256 pp., $26. Jacob Hacker examines a situation most Americans now face in their daily lives — growing economic insecurity. He...
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