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  • American Indians pull with pride in Elwha

    American Indians pull with pride in Elwha

    August 26, 2005 By Tim Wheeler

    PORT ANGELES, Wash. — “Paddle to Elwha” brought thousands of Pacific Northwest Indians and their friends to the waterfront of this old Olympic Peninsula mill town Aug. 1 to celebrate the arrival of 76 dugout canoes...

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  • Stickup at the gas pumps

    Stickup at the gas pumps

    August 26, 2005 By Susan Webb

    CHICAGO — Drivers here went into sticker shock as gasoline prices jumped 40 cents over the past week. A gallon of gas in Chicago averaged $2.82 on Aug. 23, up nearly a dollar from a year...

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  • Camp Casey puts Bush on the run

    Camp Casey puts Bush on the run

    August 26, 2005

    Ignites nationwide movement to bring the troops home. CRAWFORD, Texas — Just two months ago, people in this quiet, rural town, population 705, lived their lives in relative anonymity. But thanks to the lies of an...

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  • Televangelist urges killing of Hugo Chavez

    Televangelist urges killing of Hugo Chavez

    August 24, 2005

    Pat Robertson, a former GOP presidential candidate and influential figure in the extreme, ultra-right-wing fringe of Christianity associated with such groups as the Christian Coalition, openly called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on...

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  • Good news, bad news on Patriot Act

    Good news, bad news on Patriot Act

    August 19, 2005

    News Analysis By the end of this year, 16 items in the USA Patriot Act were due to expire, or “sunset,” and for more than a year civil liberties activists and administration supporters have been squaring...

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