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Civil rights groups contest FBI on Lodi arrests
June 24, 2005SACRAMENTO, 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
June 24, 2005LEXINGTON, 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
June 24, 2005News 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
June 24, 2005Conventional 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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Iraqis intent on ending occupation, rebuilding country
June 24, 2005Violence in Iraq has escalated sharply since a new government was named in early May, with an average of 30 Iraqi civilians killed every day. Joblessness, power cuts and lack of sanitation and health care remain...
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