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PEOPLES HEALTH: Mineworker president on coal tragedies
February 3, 2006Putting “the coal industry in charge” of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is leading to dangerous conditions for the nation’s coal miners, United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts told lawmakers at a Jan. 23...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
February 3, 2006Legal services union: ‘Impeach Bush/Cheney’ Both Bush and Cheney should be impeached for lying to the American people in order to start an unjust war, and for spying upon civilians without a warrant, said a resolution...
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Oprah takes Bush to woodshed. Rips president over WMD fibs
February 3, 2006Talk show host Oprah Winfrey’s vengeful side was very much on display as she used her popular TV program to take President George W. Bush to the woodshed over falsehoods about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass...
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Taxing the oil companies hot air
February 3, 2006Last October 12 U.S. Senators sent a letter to nine major oil companies, asking them to donate part of their record profits to help poor Americans faced with large increases in their heating oil costs this...
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Southeastern Ohio farming community suffers educational crisis
February 3, 2006Guernsey County in southeastern Ohio is having serious problems with the educational budget. Education is under fire by the Bush administration on a national level and by the administration of Republican Gov. Bob Taft on a...
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