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To: calgal who wrote (372307)	3/17/2003 4:17:20 AM
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That comment will damage their sales. They can not afford to lose such strong stations over a senseless comment. Stations Boycott Dixie Chicks Over Remark 50 minutes ago URL:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=501&ncid=716&e=7&u=/ap/20030317/ap_on_en_mu/natalie_maines By The Associated Press DALLAS - Natalie Maines (news), lead singer of the Dixie Chicks (news - web sites), is finding out that sometimes saying you're sorry doesn't make much of a difference. Radio stations nationwide are boycotting the Dixie Chicks, even though Maines publicly apologized for telling a London audience last Monday: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." Maines is a Lubbock native. In her apology Friday, Maines said: "As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush (news - web sites) because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect." The words didn't carry much weight with listeners in Maines' home state and elsewhere. "We've had a huge listener reaction and movement against the statements," said Paul Williams (news) of KPLX-FM in Dallas-Fort Worth, the nation's fifth largest radio market. In Kansas City, Mo., WDAF-AM set trash cans outside its offices for listeners to toss their Dixie Chicks CDs. Its Web site displayed more than 800 listener e-mails, most of them in support of the station's boycott. After more than 250 listeners called Friday to complain about Maines' comments, WTDR-FM in Talladega, Ala., dropped the Dixie Chicks. "The emotion of the callers telling us about their fathers and sons and brothers who are overseas now and who fought in previous wars was very specific," said Jim Jacobs, president of Jacobs Broadcast Group, which includes WTDR. The Dixie Chicks are in Europe promoting their recent release "Home," which won a Grammy last month for Best Country Album. The group is scheduled to kick off the U.S. leg of its "Top of the World Tour" on May 1 in Greenville, S.C. ___ On the Net: Dixie Chicks: www.dixiechicks.c

To: calgal who wrote (372307)	3/17/2003 4:25:31 AM
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Nation Rallies for Peace and U.S. Troops 52 minutes ago URL:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20030317/ap_on_re_us/war_rallies By PATRICK WALTERS, Associated Press Writer CHICAGO - With the possibility of a war with Iraq (news - web sites) drawing ever nearer, demonstrators across the nation again hit the streets Sunday to show their support for peace, as others gathered to support U.S. troops. Organizers estimated a crowd of about 10,000 war protesters who crammed Chicago's Daley Plaza on Sunday to join religious, labor and community leaders in opposing an invasion of Iraq. Police, who did not immediately provide a crowd estimate, said there were no early reports of arrests. In Pennsylvania, a police-estimated crowd of 6,000 attended the "Rally for America," held on a field near Valley Forge National Historical Park. Rick Moody, 57, of Souderton, Pa., said he hopes American troops preparing for war with Iraq will get more public appreciation and support than troops did during the protest-filled Vietnam War. His son, Todd, is serving with the Army reserves in Bosnia — and he said he'll support him and other troops wherever they go. "If and when hostilities start, we should be unified as a country," Moody said. "And we're the most anti-war people you can get." Rally-goers sang patriotic songs and helped raise a gigantic American flag before reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Chicago protesters also hoisted American flags, along with placards reading, "Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld. The real axis of evil." "We are concerned with all of God's children. And for all of those who question our patriotism: We love America because America is a place where when things are out of order, people can disagree and protest," said the Rev. Calvin Morris of Chicago's Community Renewal Society. "It's just sad that Bush isn't paying attention to anyone," said Janine Jurkowski, 30, of Chicago. "He isn't listening to his own people. Hopefully this will show the world that not all Americans agree with him." The Chicago and Valley Forge rallies capped a weekend of nation- and worldwide protests, including one in Washington that park officials permitted for 20,000 people and appeared larger than that. Protesters in Portland held a rally of similar proportions. Other smaller protests across the country on Sunday: _ In Detroit, a crowd of about 2,000 gathered at a church and listened to religious leaders call a war with Iraq "an affront to God and a crime against humanity." _ In Louisville, Ky., hundreds stopped by a booth in suburban Louisville on Saturday for free signs supporting President Bush (news - web sites) and U.S. troops overseas, while about 200 peace activists opposing a possible war with Iraq marched alongside protesters seeking change in the city's police department. _ In Pittsburgh, several hundred anti-war protesters gathered in a park to protest any military strike on Iraq. _ In St. Paul, Minn., about 1,200 people led by Christian and Muslim clergy staged a mock funeral at the Cathedral of St. Paul for those who would die if the United States wages war with Iraq. _ In Providence, R.I., veterans and families of military personnel stationed in the Middle East were among hundreds of protesters who marched through the downtown area to oppose a possible war with Iraq. _ In Oklahoma City, Okla., nearly 400 people lined the downtown streets in a prayerful plea for peace. _ In Mountain Home, Ark., about 200 residents gathered Sunday to show support for an Arkansas National Guard company scheduled to leave Monday for the Middle East. _ In Columbia, S.C., about 200 people gathered to protest expected war in Iraq at Martin Luther King Park.