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National campaign to end AIDS launched
October 7, 2005CHICAGO — The Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA) kicked off its nationwide movement on this city’s Magnificent Mile Oct. 1. Two hundred protesters emphasized the need to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act, which expired Sept....
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Hurricanes and hummingbirds
October 7, 2005Workers’ CorrespondenceHouston reader Pat Burnham forwarded us the letter she sent out to friends after a weekend with Hurricane Rita. Greetings to all! My household survived with no damage, just a lot of small branches and...
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Labor Update
October 7, 2005Contract at Boeing SEATTLE (PAI) — Members of the Machinists union marched back into Boeing plants Sept. 29 after ratifying a new three-year pact with the airplane maker by a 4-1 margin. They had been on...
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DeLay, Frist to wed
October 7, 2005Embattled Republicans seek legal protection as gay married couple In what some skeptics saw as a calculated move to protect themselves from impending prosecution and ethics probes, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and former Speaker of...
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A Tale of Two Bankruptcies
October 7, 2005Airlines flying high, but new bankruptcy law threatens Katrina victims with endless debt A federal bankruptcy court judge on Sept. 15 approved Delta Air Lines’ request to borrow $2.05 billion from its creditors in a move...
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