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  • Schwarzeneggers popularity sinks after special election call

    Schwarzeneggers popularity sinks after special election call

    June 24, 2005

    California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s declaration of a Nov. 8 special election is apparently not doing him any good with voters. In a poll taken after his June 13 announcement, the governor’s approval ratings plunged to new...

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  • Civil rights groups contest FBI on Lodi arrests

    Civil rights groups contest FBI on Lodi arrests

    June 24, 2005

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights have filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to get records related to the arrest of...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    June 24, 2005

    LEXINGTON, Ky.: Save the mountains Coal operators have a vision: A handful of them get rich beyond their wildest dreams by robbing Appalachian residents of their dreams and their lives. Almost 200 environmental activists, residents and...

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  • Workers describe roadblocks to getting union

    Workers describe roadblocks to getting union

    June 24, 2005

    News Analysis NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A congressional forum here on reforming the labor laws that govern union organizing drives spotlighted the obstacles employers put in the way of workers seeking to join a union. The...

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  • Farmers know bull when they hear it

    Farmers know bull when they hear it

    June 24, 2005

    Conventional wisdom says a conference of 1,400 members of the Future Farmers of America (FAA) at Penn State University in rural State College would be a safe bet for President Bush to sell his plan to...

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