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The new push to close the digital divide

By Megan Tady

9:24 AM on 08/07/2009

Ferman Fletcher is a full-time carpenter dreaming of a life in music. But this resident of Washington, D.C. never thought he could make a serious go as a musician - that is, until he took a computer-training course and discovered overwhelming opportunities on the Internet. As Fletcher learned to navigate...