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  • Victim forces 3 robbers to seek police help

    Victim forces 3 robbers to seek police help

    June 27, 2009

    BEIJING, June 17 -- Three robbers had to get police help after their intended victim fought back with a knife in Foshan, Guangdong province, on Thursday. One of the suspects cried after the victim stabbed him....

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  • Greenland moves toward independence

    Greenland moves toward independence

    June 27, 2009

    While much attention has been lavished on Latin America's move toward socialism and on the special role played by indigenous peoples in these struggles, similar advances have been taking place at the other end of the...

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  • Remembering Michael Jackson

    Remembering Michael Jackson

    June 26, 2009

    I think the first album I ever bought was by the Jackson Five. It was at a record store on Hillman and Kenmore Street in Youngstown, Ohio, and I rushed home to jam to the bubble...

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  • Pressure grows to resolve Illinois state budget crisis

    Pressure grows to resolve Illinois state budget crisis

    June 26, 2009 By John Bachtell

    Chicago — With the clock ticking toward a “doomsday budget” that would devastate state services and cause massive layoffs, six thousand union members, seniors, children, social service agency workers and their clients flooded the Illinois statehouse...

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  • Make the Dream Act a reality, immigrant youth say

    Make the Dream Act a reality, immigrant youth say

    June 26, 2009

    CHICAGO – Most people are familiar with the popular catchphrase, “youth are the future.” Youth coined in this saying are dubbed to become the next generation of educated leaders in their communities and their country. Young...

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