Dead City? Far From It

Dead City? Far From It
Hartford’s Residents Keep The Capital Very Much Alive Hey pollsters, go find yourself another whipping boy.
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Don’t tell me this city is dead!
Hey pollsters, go find yourself another whipping boy.   Seriously. I was on vacation last week, so I’m coming late to this. But while I was away, Hartford ranked third in a list of America’s Ten Dead Cities.   Oh, please.
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Few hard-and-fast rules when it comes to religious symbols and schools
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Nour Elmohd is a Muslim teacher in Tampa who wears a hijab in the classroom. Policies on religion in the classroom are murky. Two days ago, the St. Petersburg Times profiled a Muslim teacher in Hillsborough who wears a head scarf called a hijab because it makes her feel closer to God. It prompted emotional questions about where …
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