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  • Bring back the Tree Army

    Bring back the Tree Army

    August 20, 2008

    Celebrating 75th anniversary of Civilian Conservation Corps points to job, education possibilities for today DECEPTION PASS STATE PARK, Wash. — The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) put millions of jobless youth to work planting trees, fighting forest...

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  • Torture victim fights for freedom

    Torture victim fights for freedom

    August 19, 2008 By Pepe Lozano

    Every day Mark Clements prays to God in his prison cell that one day he will be a free man. He has been incarcerated since 1981–27 years–for a crime he says he did not commit. A...

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  • John Rujevcic Gerlach, 1915-2008

    John Rujevcic Gerlach, 1915-2008

    August 16, 2008

    At the ripe age of 93, John R. Gerlach, the former Intelligence Officer of the Legendary 15th Brigade that included the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, passed away on August 12th, in Camarillo, California—having lived a very long...

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  • Now we owe Cusack

    Now we owe Cusack

    August 16, 2008

    MovieREVIEW War, Inc. Directed by Joshua Seftel, Written by Mark Leyner, Jeremy Pikser, and John Cusack 107 min., R, 2008 If there is anyone left who approves of the Bush administration’s war policies, they won’t like...

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  • Youth volunteers help win local race

    Youth volunteers help win local race

    August 16, 2008

    ST. LOUIS — Volunteers participating in the Summer Youth Elections Camp here were credited with the victory of Robin Wright-Jones in the 5th District State Senate primary here Aug. 5. Wright-Jones won by 111 votes over...

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