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Report from School of Americas Protest

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Nov. 21-23, 2008, thousands will converge on Fort Benning, Georgia, for the November Vigil to Close the School of the Americas.

Terri Binder, a listener from Sarasota, will report live from the protest.

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Activists use web to oppose Progress Energy rate hikes listen

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Last Friday, Progress Energy submitted a request to Florida’s energy regulators to increase customers’ bills by 31 percent. But activists who oppose the rate hike are using the web to organize.

Among the reasons Progress Energy gives for the increase are increased costs of fuel and two proposed nuclear reactors in Levy County.

The nuclear plants were approved by Florida’s Public Service Commission (PSC) in July. The construction costs of the nuclear power plants are expected to be sev...