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NATIONALCLIPS
May 19, 2006WASHINGTON: Families say ‘protect miners’ lives’ It has been three and half months since 12 coal miners died in West Virginia’s Sago Mine. There have been congressional, state and public hearings and investigations. The West Virginia...
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Texas labor picks candidates
May 19, 2006IRVING, Texas — The Texas AFL-CIO held its 46th Political Education (COPE) convention here, May 8-9. Democrats, independents, and even one Republican made persuasive appeals for labor’s endorsement. The Texas labor movement has been strengthened by...
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Puerto Ricans uneasy as schools, agencies reopen
May 19, 2006While 100,000 public sector workers went back to work in Puerto Rico May 15 and 500,000 pupils returned to finish the last two weeks of school, Puerto Ricans have lost faith in the colonialist politicians, polls...
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Tax bill to benefit super-rich
May 19, 2006If you make $1-million-plus a year, you’ll be happy with the Republican tax bill signed by President Bush May 17. You’re set to save another $43,000. If you make $40,000-$50,000 per year, you’ll get $47 –...
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Growing movement assails Bush torture policy
May 19, 2006WASHINGTON — Two years after photographs exposed U.S. military personnel engaged in torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, demands are rising that President Bush be held accountable for criminal abuses at the U.S. detention facility...
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