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  • Judge declares mistrial on Watada case

    Judge declares mistrial on Watada case

    February 8, 2007

    FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - The judge overseeing the court martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq declared a mistrial Wednesday, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed...

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  • Which trees are best to plant to help combat global warming?

    Which trees are best to plant to help combat global warming?

    February 6, 2007

    Trees are important tools in the fight to stave off global warming, because they absorb and store the key greenhouse gas emitted by our cars and power plants, carbon dioxide (CO2), before it has a chance...

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  • Texas Without Ivins: Wholl Keep Us Laughing?

    Texas Without Ivins: Wholl Keep Us Laughing?

    February 4, 2007

    Texas progressives mourn the death of columnist and author Molly Ivins, who succumbed to cancer on January 31. Even the people she antagonized most – corporate bigwigs and greedy politicians – are making public lamentations about...

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  • Singing bus riders for peace

    Singing bus riders for peace

    February 2, 2007

    Dave Martin, left, of the Lombard (Ill.) Mennonite Church and Margaret Nelson sing, “Let peace prevail, got to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, can’t afford the cost of war. Let us try what love can...

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  • College admissions: a pain in the class

    College admissions: a pain in the class

    February 2, 2007

    As a high school senior dealing with the college admissions process, I know a few things about needless pain. I didn’t expect choosing what to do with the rest of my life to be quite such...

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