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  • Calif. vineyard workers fight back after firings

    Calif. vineyard workers fight back after firings

    July 14, 2006

    Vineyard 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

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    July 14, 2006

    HOUSTON: 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

    Rally confronts Bush on war, minimum wage

    July 14, 2006

    CHICAGO — 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!

    Bush retreat fails to silence demand: Close Guantanamo!

    July 14, 2006

    WASHINGTON — 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

    Bush may try to revive immigrant legislation

    July 14, 2006

    News 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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