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Struggle continues to save trauma center
October 29, 2004LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is steamrolling towards the closure of the trauma center at the county’s Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. The trauma center handles 2,150 life-and-death emergencies yearly...
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Know your rights! Vote Nov. 2
October 29, 2004Any voting problems? Call election hotline 1-866-OUR-VOTE The disenfranchisement of millions of voters, many of them African American, in Florida in 2000 was criminal. Recent news reports show Republicans are plotting to do it again. This...
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Bush squirms on missing Iraq explosives
October 29, 2004George W. Bush is squirming to evade questions on why U.S. occupation forces in Iraq allowed 380 tons of high explosives, of the kind used in triggering nuclear explosions, to vanish from the Al Qaqaa weapons...
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S.F. hotel owners defy mayors ultimatum
October 29, 2004SAN FRANCISCO — The fat was in the fire Oct. 26 as operators of 14 large downtown hotels defied San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s demand to end a four-week lockout of their workers and accept a...
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Michigan people power sends big message
October 29, 2004LANSING, Mich. — Like their counterparts elsewhere, people in this battleground state are finding creative ways to defeat Bush. Recently erected on streets near the state capital are three billboards stating, “For All Our Children’s Future,...
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