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  • Angry veterans forming new group

    Angry veterans forming new group

    February 18, 2005

    CLEVELAND — Veterans in Ohio are fighting for a new Patriot Act. The difference is that this one is actually patriotic. The vets are lobbying the Republican-dominated Legislature to pass a bill that will block evictions,...

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  • Scrap the cap

    Scrap the cap

    February 18, 2005 By Art Perlo

    Several readers have asked, “How much money could we raise if we get rid of the cap on payroll taxes, and make the rich pay their fair share? Would it be enough to save Social Security?”

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  • Florida minimum wage under attack

    Florida minimum wage under attack

    February 18, 2005

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Backers of Florida’s new higher minimum wage have criticized a bill that deals with the increase, saying it would water down the measure by creating loopholes for employers. Seven out of 10...

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  • Hands off our lunch!

    Hands off our lunch!

    February 18, 2005

    SAN FRANCISCO — “Governor Schwarzenegger, I’d like you to put yourself in my shoes and work eight hours a day in the rain, with mud up to your knees, without a break,” said Salinas Valley farmworker...

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  • WORLD NOTES

    WORLD NOTES

    February 18, 2005

    Europe: Call for withdrawing U.S. nukes Up to 480 U.S. short-range nuclear weapons — about double previous estimates — are stationed under U.S. control at air bases in Germany, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Turkey and the Netherlands,...

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