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Terminators pension scam takes hit
April 29, 2005Gov feels ‘street heat’ SAN FRANCISCO — In a surprise announcement April 7, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he is delaying until June 2006 a controversial ballot initiative to change state workers’ pensions from public, guaranteed-benefit...
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GOP takes flak on Bolton, filibuster
April 29, 2005WASHINGTON — Messages like Gail Keen’s e-mail to Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) are signs of grassroots fightback against a menacing extremist agenda pushed by President Bush and the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill. It includes the...
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Jim West, 91, Communist leader
April 29, 2005In an unpublished memoir, Jim West, a lifelong Communist Party organizer, wrote that he “was prepared to go wherever the Party or YCL thought I might be helpful … I had decided to dedicate my life...
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Martial arts star calls for landmine ban
April 29, 2005Action movie star Jackie Chan has called for a global landmine ban at the start of a three-day visit to Cambodia. Chan, who is scouting locations in the country to make a film on the subject,...
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Gospel stars to come out for UN Environment Day
April 29, 2005SAN FRANCISCO — Legendary gospel singers are voicing their support for a greener planet Earth. Not since the recording of “We Are the World” 20 years ago has the music industry come together for such a...
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