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NATIONALCLIPS
May 26, 2006NEW ORLEANS: Nagin re-elected Mayor Ray Nagin won a second term May 20, beating out Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu 52-48 percent. Nagin begins his second term on May 31 — a day before the start of...
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June 6 race could spell trouble for GOP
May 26, 2006National attention is focusing on the June 6 special election in California’s 50th Congressional District, north of San Diego, to replace Republican Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham. Cunningham is now in prison after pleading guilty to taking...
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More miners killed
May 26, 2006“I think it’s a crisis right now,” said Tony Oppegard, former top lawyer for Kentucky’s Mine Safety and Licensing Office. “When we have 31 coal miners killed in less than five months, that’s a crisis and...
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Immigrant rights activists vow to press forward
May 26, 2006Led by President Bush and the right-wing Heritage Foundation, Senate Republicans closed ranks and turned their backs this week on the millions who demonstrated for immigrant rights this spring. As the World was going to press,...
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WHATSREALLYGOOD
May 26, 2006Student walkout protests teacher cuts On May 11, 100 students at Plum High School in a Pittsburgh suburb walked out of classes to protest a proposed budget that would eliminate teachers, cut middle school programs, impose...
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