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The Local Costs of the Iraq War

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According to the National Priorities Project, the Iraq War has cost the State of Tennessee over $8 billion ($1 billion = $1000 million). President Bush's new funding request for 08-09 will cost the Volunteer State over $2 billion, which according to NPP would buy Tennessee 21,714 afforable housing units, 41,906 elementary school teachers, or health care coverage for 435,808 adults.

Eric Volz's Hispanic autobiography

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Born in SacramentoMexican-American familyGrew up hearing Spanish and answering in EnglishEric Volz, the immigrant from Nashville to Nicaragua who was cleared of a murder conviction in that Central American country in a case that is still not over, told a group of Belmont University students about the Hispanic portions of his autobiography in the context of a media ethics lecture.

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Canadian College Students Get Busy With Their Own "Urban Plunge"

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Five days.

Barely a blink of an eye for most of my clients....

It's a great effort tho, and it'll be especially interesting to see how they fare in keeping up with their "societal" responsibilities....
Students living without food or shelter for 5 days

Updated Sun. Mar. 9 2008 11:20 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

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