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    <title><![CDATA[   D.C. delegate has high hopes for Voting Rights Act ]]></title>
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        WASHINGTON | With the recent election of President-elect Barack Obama, Eleanor Holmes Norton, the delegate for the District of Columbia, predicts that the passage of the D.C. Voting Rights Act will occur sometime next year.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Rep. Cleaver casts himself in new roles ]]></title>
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        WASHINGTON | It&amp;rsquo;s just a few minutes after the House Financial Services Committee has adjourned for the day.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Obama needs to keep this team together ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:37 CST</pubDate>
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        It was like the postelection victory lap for the brain trust. They successfully steered the president-elect clear of any major pitfalls along his journey to become president of the United States.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   A man who made many milestones ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:09 CST</pubDate>
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        In a metal case containing my father&amp;rsquo;s most important documents are details of his service in the U.S. Navy.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   This time, a special excitement on Election Day ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:11 CST</pubDate>
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        It&#39;s 5 a.m. on Election Day at the headquarters of Freedom Inc. at 1202 Brooklyn Ave. when the telephone rings. It may be early in the morning, but Sybil R. Daniels is already there on the job.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Victory a testament to power of diversity ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:23 CST</pubDate>
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        The selection of Sen. Barack Obama as the next president of the United States is the best example of the power of diversity this nation has ever seen.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   A round of applause for COMBAT director ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:42 CST</pubDate>
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        When Jim Nunnelly steps down as COMBAT director next month, his leadership, commitment and passion for making Jackson County a safer, healthier place will be sorely missed.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Lose your shirt, but keep your right ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:48 CDT</pubDate>
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        Many voters may be tempted to run out of the house wearing their &#147;Obama for President&#148; T-shirts or their &#147;Pit Bull with Lipstick&#148; buttons as they head for the polls on Tuesday.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Honors for those who really did the right things ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:35 CDT</pubDate>
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        The Rev. Wallace Hartsfield needs a pretty large trophy case for all the awards he&amp;rsquo;s been receiving lately.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Mentors needed for Central High students ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:51 CDT</pubDate>
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        Most mornings will find Central High School Principal Debra McGill in the school&amp;rsquo;s lobby greeting the students streaming in.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Obama's inspiring words touch many souls in KC ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:22 CDT</pubDate>
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        Sen. Barack Obama drew a massive crowd to the Liberty Memorial on Saturday. Even Calvin Coolidge would have been impressed.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   KC recognizes local jazz talent ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:19 CDT</pubDate>
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        One was adopted. The other grew up in a Jesuit orphanage. Both of the recipients of the American Jazz Museum&#39;s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award had humble beginnings.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Even without a tenant, arena has shone ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:24 CDT</pubDate>
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        Garth Brooks said how much he enjoyed the intimacy of the stage at the Sprint Center. Tina Turner and her production crew simply enjoyed the office space the arena provided. And Elton John and his sound man raved over the acoustics.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   New community center fit for the public ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:17 CDT</pubDate>
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        It&#39;s the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department&#39;s early Christmas present to a southeast Kansas City neighborhood.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Voter registration numbers are a good sign for democracy ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:46 CDT</pubDate>
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        Almost a quarter of a million people. That&amp;rsquo;s how many voters are on the rolls, eligible to go to the polls for next month&amp;rsquo;s presidential election in the area overseen by the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Alvin Sykes' victory is a win for us all ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:49 CDT</pubDate>
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        On Tuesday, President Bush signed H.R. 923 without fanfare. With the stroke of the president&amp;rsquo;s pen, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act became law.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Health and Financial Fitness Fair will focus on jazz musicians ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:07 CDT</pubDate>
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        What&#39;s the best way for a jazz musician to obtain health insurance? And how should musicians best invest and save their money in this economy?      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   A crucial time along the old dividing line ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:28 CDT</pubDate>
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        An oasis along Troost Avenue is in danger of drying up, and it would be a major loss for the neighborhood if that new art gallery were to shut its doors.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Despite cancer and grief, one upbeat life goes on ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:58 CDT</pubDate>
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        Blanche Williams has had her share of burdens to carry since the death of her husband, jazz violinist Claude &amp;ldquo;Fiddler&amp;rdquo; Williams.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Salvation Army job gives basketball star shot at giving back ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:21 CDT</pubDate>
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        Darryl Winston realizes just how much he has benefited from sports. It has taken him across the country and given him a top-notch education. And it has provided a living for him and his family.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Sharpton will keep a keen eye on presidential voting ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:40 CDT</pubDate>
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        He believes the 2000 presidential election was stolen. Hijacked. That&amp;rsquo;s just the way the Rev. Al Sharpton feels about it.      
    
  

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