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Transit workers reject contract in close vote
January 27, 2006NEW YORK — By a margin of seven votes, city transit workers rejected a tentative contract between their union, Transport Workers Union Local 100, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The main reason cited for the “no”...
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Hearings, lawsuit slam Bush spying defense
January 27, 2006The White House has unleashed a hard-line defense of the Bush administration’s spying on Americans without a warrant, claiming that only “credible threats” linked to al-Qaeda have been under surveillance and the snooping is necessary to...
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Bush official: Mine safety not my priority
January 27, 2006news analysis President Bush’s Mine Safety and Health chief David Dye shocked senators from both parties when he got up and left in the middle of a Jan. 23 Senate hearing on the West Virginia mining...
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Gloria Freedman: Theres always a way to contribute!
January 27, 2006We can climb the mountain at Mt. Etna But we can’t cross the bridge at Gretna They shot helter-skelter As the people were searching for shelter From the storm called Katrina Could anything be meaner? Gloria...
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Spirit of St. Louis boosts phonathon
January 27, 2006ST. LOUIS — There’s something highly infectious about the “can-do,” positive spirit of People’s Weekly World supporters in St. Louis. You can’t help but feel it when you’re around them, and it puts a little extra...
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