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A Memorial Day massacre
May 26, 2011 By Dick Meister
The film was an on-the-scene report of what historians call "The Memorial Day Massacre," filmed by Paramount Pictures as it happened in Chicago in May 1937.
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Left humbled in Indian state elections
May 25, 2011 By R.K. Sharma
In India's state elections, the Communist-led left governments lost in West Bengal and Kerala.
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Court ruling victory for African American firefighters
May 25, 2011 By John Bachtell
African Americans represent 32.4 percent of Chicago but they make up only 17 percent respectively of the city's fire department.
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Labor wins a few in Florida
May 25, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
"Working families, the unemployed and the impoverished faced numerous assaults in the continuing drive to make the rich richer," said the state AFL-CIO.
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Immigrant students win in-state tuition battle
May 25, 2011 By Joelle Fishman
Four years ago, the legislature passed a similar bill but lacked enough votes to override Republican Gov. Jodi Rell's veto.
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