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How the North Country experienced the Boston Marathon bombings

Yesterday’s really shocking and horrifying bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon continue to be a mystery, and I’m not going to go into it here except to send you to NPR’s ongoing coverage of the story. There’s been some really...

“Homegrown” Canadian terrorists died in Algerian attack

File this under “What should be done about certain uncomfortable facts?” As reported by CBC on April 1 at least two Canadians were among those who staged the Algerian terrorist attack last January: A special CBC News investigation has...

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Fort Drum Families

by Martha Foley

Mar 12, 2002 — A thousand soldiers from Fort Drum have been in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan since last fall. Military families work hard to prepare for deployments, and to live through them. We hear from Rena, who's waiting at Fort Drum while her husband Darryl is in Afghanistan, and Chaplain Ron Thomas who oversees family support programs at the base. Go to full article

Labor Numbers: State Workers Hurting From Recession and September 11th Aftermath

by Brian Mann

Mar 07, 2002 — New York's Labor Department has released its latest employment numbers and the jobs picture looks bleak for much of the state. Hit by the September 11th terrorist attack and by a global recession, the state lost more than 140,000 jobs last year. As Brian Mann reports, parts of the north country are feeling the squeeze - but others held steady.
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