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Chicago hosts Euro Film Fest
February 23, 2007CHICAGO — March Madness is taking a fast break from the basketball court to the court of reel life, all deliriousness included. At least 7,000 people are expected to attend the 55 Chicago premieres of films...
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Nasty Nas delivers pure hip-hop, no bull!
February 23, 2007MUSIC REVIEW Hip Hop is Dead Nas, Def Jam Recordings $13.99 New York’s hip-hop titan, Nasir Jones, has spent the past few years of his career in the shadow of rapper Jay-Z. Weak pop-crossover attempts like...
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Two Cuban films: sweet and bittersweet
February 23, 2007“Silly Age” is a sweet nostalgic look at 1958 Havana and a family coping with the pending revolutionary changes within their family and society as a whole. The “silly age” referred to is pre-adolescence and follows...
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Kennedy challenges Smithfield, Homeland Security
February 23, 2007The firing of workers trying to unionize at the Smithfield meat packing plant in Tar Heel, N.C., has prompted Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) to take aim at the Department of Homeland Security. The senator has urged...
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Immigration reform returns to Congress
February 23, 2007NewsAnalysisAs Congress returns to the subject of immigration, the Bush administration has stepped up arrests and deportations of immigrants. Meanwhile, in his State of the Union message, Bush once again stressed the creation of a new...
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