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16 workers die per day, report says
May 4, 2007PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (PAI) — Just about two years ago, plumber Charles “Mike” Morrison was helping dig a trench in a Pinellas Park, Fla. But the trench had straight sides, not sloping sides, and B&B Plumbing...
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First a party, then a death-proof car
May 4, 2007Movie REVIEW Grindhouse Directed and written by Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino Additional directors: Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie Dimension Films, 2007 191 minutes, R After seeing the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature, “Grindhouse,” I felt...
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3 words in rap, no more
May 4, 2007Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said recently the recording and broadcast industries should ban three racial and sexist epithets from all clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves. The recommendations came two weeks after radio personality...
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The IRAs roots and a parable about war
May 4, 2007Movie REVIEW The Wind that Shakes the Barley Directed by Ken Loach IFC First Take, 2007 127 minutes, Not rated It’s a good thing that the feel and backdrop of Ken Loach’s “The Wind That Shakes...
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A new spirit in the air
May 4, 2007The overwhelming response condemning the reprehensible comments of radio “shock jock” Don Imus is a reminder, if one were needed, that racism and sexism remain a virulent presence in the United States. But it also demonstrated...
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