National
Movie Review: ‘Hunger’
May 15, 2009Hunger Directed by Steve McQueen 2008, 96 min. Before Belfast has awakened in Steve McQueen’s “Hunger” — which won a Golden Camera Award for best first feature at Cannes and a Gold Hugo at the Chicago...
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Oregonians fight to save school for the blind
May 15, 2009SALEM, Oregon—Both visually-impaired and sighted people in Oregon are battling to block legislation now pending before the Oregon Legislature that would permanently close the 136-year old Oregon School for the Blind (OSB). “This would be horrible,...
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Congress gears up for reform of crack-powder cocaine sentencing disparity
May 15, 2009Original source: Congress is closer than ever to eliminating a 100-to-1 disparity in federal cocaine sentencing that affects African Americans at much higher rates than whites. In current federal drug sentencing law, someone who sells crack...
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Internet victory over Time Warner
May 15, 2009Media giant Time Warner Cable was forced to back down from its recent price-gouging scheme they called 'consumption based billing' under which internet users would be billed upon the amount of bandwidth they used. Because of...
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Gateway Studios tenants struggle
May 14, 2009Champaign, Ill. — Just South of the I-74 interchange onto Neil Street in Champaign, Illinois stands the Gateway Studios apartments. Gateway Studios, once a home to over 100 working class residents, was condemned by the City...
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