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  • American Idol helps me dream big

    American Idol helps me dream big

    March 31, 2009

    There is just something about watching live singing competitions on national television that gets you hooked. American Idol this year has me tuning in week after week. As a guy who loves sports and watching my...

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  • 100,000 voters sign pledges backing Obama 2010 budget

    100,000 voters sign pledges backing Obama 2010 budget

    March 31, 2009

    WASHINGTON—Organizing for America (OFA) volunteers went door-to-door in all 50 states March 28 and collected more than 100,000 signatures on pledges of support for President Obama’s 2010 Budget. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Maggie Flanigan,...

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  • COMMENTARY: Textbooks on the front lines  our minds are the prize

    COMMENTARY: Textbooks on the front lines our minds are the prize

    March 31, 2009

    Throughout written history, two giants have wrestled to ultimate death with our minds as the prize. One adds stealth and cunning to his incredible strength, but the other is slightly the victor, despite general indifference. The...

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  • Never Turning Back: The World of Peggy Lipschutz

    Never Turning Back: The World of Peggy Lipschutz

    March 30, 2009

    “Never Turning Back: The World of Peggy Lipschutz” is a film about 88-year-old artist and political activist Peggy Lipschutz of Evanston, Ill. Lipschutz and her “chalk talks,” sometimes called “Songs You Can See,” have been part...

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  • Oakland responds to slayings with a vision of community

    Oakland responds to slayings with a vision of community

    March 30, 2009

    OAKLAND, Calif. ― The fatal shooting of four Oakland policemen by a lone gunman March 21 has prompted a weeklong outpouring of condolences and solidarity with the families of the slain men and with the police...

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