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Marines Throw in the Towel: Discharge 40 Year AWOL Rather than Court Martialling Him.
January 22, 2006The Marines Command at Camp LeJeune NC announced Wednesday afternoon, January 11, that it was releasing Corporal Jerry Texiero from the LeJeune brig and would separate him with an other than honorable discharge, in lieu of...
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In Chicago, cuts in AIDS funding increase misery
January 22, 2006The cuts in AIDS funding are already being felt by local agencies. The Ryan White CARE Act was flat funded in the last budget. The word on the street is that they will be focusing on...
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A popular look at physics today
January 20, 2006A Briefer History of Time By Stephen Hawking with Leonard Mlodinow Bantam, 2005 Hardcover, 176 pp., $25 If you aren’t a scientist but seek to understand the latest theories of physics, then this book is for...
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Nuts and bolts of exploitation
January 20, 2006Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences By James Lardner and David A. Smith, editors Published by Demos/The New Press, 2006 Hardcover, 328 pp., $25.95 A handful of American intellectuals actually...
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Waging war on Haitis poor
January 20, 2006Canada in Haiti: Waging War on the Poor Majority By Yves Engler and Anthony Fenton Fernwood Publishing, 2005 Softcover, 256 pp., $12.95 While Canadian involvement in Afghanistan makes headlines, less well known is its role in...
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