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Record Store Day: Ten Great American Record Shops

This Saturday, April 16, is the fourth annual Record Store Day, when around 700 independent record shops across the country celebrate their continued existence as a cultural institution. Some will have sales, giveaways, performances and signings; upwards of 200 different limited-edition vinyl records and CDs will be appearing on their racks, too.

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Lebanon-Israel Tensions Rise over Offshore Oil and Gas

For most countries, the existence of a massive fossil-fuel deposit within its sovereign territory would be gratefully welcomed as an economic windfall. But the delight in Israel at the recent giant gas discovery off its northern coastline is tempered by the knowledge that it could provide the spark to ignite the next war between the Jewish state and its mortal foe to the north, Lebanon’s militant Shi’ite Hizballah.

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Madoff victims fire back again: ‘The man can be a monster’

Madoff victims fire back again: ‘The man can be a monster’ Ilene Kent, a victims’ advocate whose dad and mom lost the bulk of their existence cost savings to Madoff, calls the Ponzi schemer a “pathological liar.” Victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme are infuriated with his most recent jailhouse interview, where he blames his […]

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In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo

Confronted by growing evidence that sex between men is a significant driver of new HIV infections, the Kenyan government has shed a long-time refusal to acknowledge the existence of homosexuality and will launch a survey of gay attitudes and behaviors in its three biggest cities next year. The project is considered a landmark because the government and the vast majority of Kenyan people have long refused to address homosexuality in the fight against AIDS

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