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DNC 2008

Bring back Gov. Moonbeam

The piano player in the best jazz bar in Denver was sporting a faded "Brown '92" shirt. As in Jerry Brown. California's current attorney general, former governor and a three-time candidate for president - in 1976, 1980 and 1992. Jeff Cleveland had saved that shirt for 16 years.

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Protestors' message unclear

Sitting next to me was Charles Robinson, a blogger from Maryland. He's an older black man with a weathered face and seen-it-all eyes. I showed him Web reports of protestors getting pepper-sprayed in Civic Center Park. He glanced at the computer screen, sighed and said: "The same ole' sh--."

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Hillary overflows the Pepsi Center

I thought nothing would top last night and Teddy Kennedy. Wrong. This scene is ridiculous. Absolutely, incredibly, energized. Looking at the crowd blanketing the stands in white Hillary signs, the word "rabid" comes to mind. Fire marshals closed entrances to all seating areas. Hillary has officially overflowed the Pepsi Center.

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Ritter confident about security

I asked Gov. Bill Ritter today about Monday's arrest of at least two men with rifles, ammo and drugs. Initial reports said the men told law enforcement that they were planning to assassinate Obama on Thursday at Invesco Field.

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Obama for sale

Denver street vendors have taken the merchandising of Barack Obama to new heights, hawking everything from Obama foam fingers to Obama playing cards, car magnets, T-shirts, buttons and more.

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Kennedy steals the show so far

Barack Obama can thank Teddy Kennedy for taking some of the spotlight and media speculation away from Hillary Clinton. The Massachusetts Senator stole the show in the Pepsi Center on Monday night, inspiring a deafening response from the packed crowd and reminding his party about its higher goals and dreams.

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Live all week from the DNC

Steamboat Pilot & Today sends two to Democratic National convention for multimedia coverage

Thoughts on war

Strength through Pain

This assignment was completed for Mrs. Bell's American English class. It consisted of writing and revising a paragraph about a photo we recieved and had to write a story about. It is a fictional account of a real life photo.

Thoughts on war

A Moment in War

Eleven months and seven days ago a young man enlisted into what he thought would be an adventure, a new life, and a career. But he did not know of what he would see or do. He saw his friends die before him as he drove the tank that lead ...

Thoughts on war

War photo paragraph

Andrew O'Leary-Brennan 9/18/07 Mr. Stahl, Mrs. Bell War photo paragraph War photo There were only a few weeks left till john was out of this god forsaken place. He was the lucky one counting down the last weeks on his helmet. That's all he could talk about, his wife and ...

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War photo

Andrew O'Leary-Brennan 9/18/07 Mr. Stahl, Mrs. Bell War photo paragraph War photo There were only a few weeks left till john was out of this god forsaken place. He was the lucky one counting down the last weeks on his helmet. That's all he could talk about, his wife and ...

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War photo

Eric Edelfelt Pd 1 9/18/2007 American his. /lit. War Photo Shorty, a black ops sniper who had killed five Chinese generals and was Responsible for at least 30 enemy kills. He only had four weeks left, and he was hitching a ride with Troop 49 on a Blackhawk going to ...

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The Paradox of War

War photo assignment for Ms. Bells english class.

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Waiting in War

This is a paragraph written about a picture of a soldier in war. There are no words in the picture and no story. We (Mrs. Bell's english class) used our minds to make this grave stone still picture a story of its own.

Thoughts on war

Waiting in War

This is a paragraph written about a picture of a soldier in war. There are no words in the picture and no story. We (Mrs. Bell's english class) used our minds to make this grave stone still picture a story of its own.

Thoughts on war

Waiting in War

This is a paragraph written about a picture of a soldier in war. There are no words in the picture and no story. We (Mrs. Bell's english class) used our minds to make this grave stone still picture a story of its own.

Thoughts on war

Desert storm hard core story

Shane Berube American Lit. 9/18/07 War Photo We are waiting fearsley and ready to attack when we have to. Our troops have done as much as possible to look fearse, so the other side is timid. Our huge guns would seem scary as you would think. But no I don't ...