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Abu-Jamal lawyers cite bias in call for new trial
May 25, 2007PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for Mumia Abu-Jamal told a federal appeals court here May 17 that Abu-Jamal should get a new trial because prosecutors illegally excluded Blacks from the jury that convicted him in 1982. Abu-Jamal was...
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Moore flap could help change U.S. Cuba policy
May 25, 2007News Analysis Earlier this month, filmmaker Michael Moore announced that he had received a letter from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) accusing him of illegal travel to Cuba, and threatening prosecution. Moore...
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Soldiers, vets on Memorial Day: bring troops home
May 25, 2007Thinking about the war dead on Memorial Day, “the most important thing is the people who are still there — caring for them, bringing them home,” said Toby, an Army vet from Indiana who served 15...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
May 25, 2007PORTLAND, Maine: Impeach Bush/Cheney drive gets boost The Woodfords Club is not a smoke-filled room. Opened in 1913, the quaint picture postcard New England private club hosted a May 19 rally of over 200 calling for...
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Fighting the ravages of luxury towers
May 25, 2007BROOKLYN, N.Y. — In most of the country, the housing boom is past. Not in New York City. Apartments, office towers, hotels, luxury entertainment facilities and mixed-use complexes rise to 70 stories. In recent years, housing...
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