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Calif. vineyard workers fight back after firings
July 14, 2006Vineyard workers and their union, the United Farm Workers, are upping the ante in their months-long struggle for a new contract with Northern California’s Charles Krug winery. The winery fired all 36 workers July 7, saying...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
July 14, 2006HOUSTON: Will DeLay run again? As resilient as the cockroaches he used to exterminate, Tom DeLay may again run for Congress after having resigned earlier this year in disgrace. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ruled July...
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Rally confronts Bush on war, minimum wage
July 14, 2006CHICAGO — About 200 people rallied outside the Hilton Hotel in this city’s downtown area July 7, protesting George W. Bush’s presence at a Republican fundraiser. Here is a sampling of some of their comments. Elizabeth...
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Bush retreat fails to silence demand: Close Guantanamo!
July 14, 2006WASHINGTON — Fighters for justice and peace greeted a Pentagon memo saying that 1,000 or more detainees at secret U.S. military prisons around the world are protected by the Geneva Conventions. They called for the closing...
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Bush may try to revive immigrant legislation
July 14, 2006News Analysis Many thought that immigration legislation had been killed by the Republicans in the House, but maybe, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its death are exaggerated. If the logjam between the House and Senate...
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