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Republican PAC fined for illegal money scam
April 23, 2004AUSTIN, Texas – The Federal Election Committee has fined the Republican National Congressional Committee $280,000 for illegally channeling corporate funds to finance “attack ads” against Democratic congressional candidates during the 2000 elections. Some of the people...
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National Clips
April 23, 2004PITTSBURGH: Peace, education keys to election With the National Rifle Association (NRA) holding its national convention downtown featuring keynote speaker Vice President Dick Cheney, Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry addressed an estimated 8,000 at the University...
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Philadelphians rally for peace and jobs
April 23, 2004PHILADELPHIA – Over 300 people packed the hospital and health care workers District 1199C union hall here on April 17 to hear public officials, trade unionists, peace activists and others blast the Bush war policies and...
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Message to Mom: Time to buy a new ironing board
April 23, 2004With great ceremony, my mother threw her iron away one afternoon in June 1972. After 20 years of night classes and four children, she had proudly graduated from college that morning. To be honest, the appliance...
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Sharon-Bush plan inflames Mideast conflict
April 23, 2004President Bush’s endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s “disengagement” plan, coupled with the Sharon government’s assassination of two leaders of the Hamas movement in Gaza, has inflamed tensions in the Middle East and jeopardized prospects...
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