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New Orleans notebook: One year after Katrina
August 18, 2006NEW ORLEANS — As a former New Orleans resident with fond memories of this great city, I was horrified as I drove in one year after Katrina. On the outskirts, the fields of dead trees and...
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National Clips
August 18, 2006CRAWFORD, Texas: Barbecue for peace Beneath a banner reading, “A mother’s loss, a nation’s pain” over 150 peace activists and local Crawford neighbors shared barbecue Aug. 12 just outside President Bush’s ranch, where he was vacationing....
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Cuban Five lose appeal, fight continues
August 18, 2006A federal appeals court handed down bad news for the Cuban Five on Aug. 9. It reversed a decision from its three-judge panel one year ago that nullified their Miami trial because of prejudice. The Five...
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Thousands rally in support of health care workers
August 18, 2006CHICAGO — Wearing union-made green T-shirts proclaiming, “We Fight, We Win,” thousands of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees members joined Resurrection Health Care workers in a rally here Aug. 9 outside St. Mary...
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Lieberman defeat shows anger with status quo
August 18, 2006NewsAnalysisAn uprising of Democratic voters in Connecticut delivered a stunning victory to peace candidate Ned Lamont over three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Aug. 8 primary. It was a revolt against the policies of...
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