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The Spark Newspaper

We publish a newspaper every two weeks titled The Spark.

Issue no. 654 — April 2 - 23, 2001

Editorial

Editorial: Unacceptable: Utility profiteering at our expense

Pages 2-3

Baltimore utility continues extortion

Executive pay: Slower gravy train

Pentagon pleases its suppliers

Train derailments up

Forced to work after age 65

Tax day and tax reform in Congress

Pages 4-5

A small victory in the municipal elections in France

Hoof and mouth disease

Energy crisis in Russia: Cold and fraud kill

Pages 6-7

Casinos leave Detroit's mayor in the lurch

Baltimore: Subsidies to big businesses continue, even while mayor claims city service cuts and tax increases are necessary

"Diversity" at University of Michigan excludes the children of workers –black and white

Chrysler's lemons squeeze consumers

Prisoner seeks re-trial in death sentence

Hunger strike at Wabash Valley

Chicago: Walgreens drug stores reduce hours in poor neighborhoods

 
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