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Midwest disaster
June 20, 2008Emergency programs needed to rebuild, many say As the rising Mississippi continued to crash through levees June 17, sending walls of water into Midwest towns and threatening thousands of additional acres of farmland, many were already...
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Ear-deafening roar for Obama in Motor City
June 19, 2008DETROIT — The waiting was over, and when Barack Obama came on stage in Joe Louis Arena, 20,000 people exploded in an ear-deafening roar. Some had been waiting for the 8:30 evening rally since noon that...
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A visit with Fernando Gonzalez, one of the Cuban Five
June 19, 2008SPECIAL TO THE WORLD-One of Cuban Five, Fernando Gonzalez, was recently visited at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana where he was transferred last year. Fernando is one of the Miami Five who is presently...
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Ohio nurses fight for patient rights
June 18, 2008CLEVELAND - Patients are dying because nurses are being mistreated and overworked,” stated Adrian Zurup, a registered nurse from Cleveland, as she kicked off a June 15 rally here by the National Nurse’s Organizing Committee. The...
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Tidal wave of foreclosures rise with no end in sight
June 18, 2008CLEVELAND -The tidal wave of home foreclosures is rising with no end in sight, witnesses told a Congressional field hearing here June 16, and the flood is devastating cities and rural areas throughout Ohio. “This has...
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