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  • Recession fuels dating violence, curbs prevention

    Recession fuels dating violence, curbs prevention

    June 24, 2009 By Amy Littlefield

    A survey released earlier this month finds that teen dating violence rates are higher than ever, with the economic crisis apparently worsening rates of abuse of between parents and among teens. Those June 10 results come...

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  • Chicago charter school teachers join union

    Chicago charter school teachers join union

    June 24, 2009

    Original source: Teachers at three Chicago charter schools voted overwhelmingly last week to join the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (Chicago ACTS), an affiliate of the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and AFT. The...

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  • Chavez lambasts big pharmaceutical firms

    Chavez lambasts big pharmaceutical firms

    June 24, 2009 By Morning Star

    Venezuela plans to scrap some pharmaceutical patents and allow domestic manufacturers to produce generic drugs. Commerce Minister Eduardo Saman declared at the weekend that Venezuela's socialist government would annul patents on some medicines under a reform...

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  • US drone slaughters Pakistanis

    US drone slaughters Pakistanis

    June 24, 2009

    Islamabad, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Islamabad, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) A US unmanned Predator drone shot three missiles that hit a residence in Neej Narai mountains, in Ladha, South Waziristan, at the south Pakistani border with...

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  • COMMENTARY ‘No one asked us…’

    COMMENTARY ‘No one asked us…’

    June 23, 2009

    'Doomsday' budget cuts that hurt society's most vulnerable leads one Illinois worker to question if the 'system' is worth preserving. Today I came home from work with another headache, jaw sore from clenching my teeth, drained...

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