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Poverty summit

Published November 20, 2008, 2:15 pm, WPBN Traverse City

Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 5:01 p.m. TRAVERSE CITY -- T he P overty S ummit, hosted by I nterlochen P ublic R adio, took place Thursday morning at the S tate T heatre.

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