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  • The Grinch who stole the dial tone

    The Grinch who stole the dial tone

    January 7, 2003

    CHICAGO – The Grinch who stole Christmas may be making off with your dial tone, according to telephone workers protesting layoffs at a lively demonstration here, Dec. 15. Santa Claus, backed up by 1,000 phone technicians,...

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  • The budget First congressional battle

    The budget First congressional battle

    January 7, 2003

    The federal government has been operating on stop-gap spending measures ever since Oct. 1 because the House and Senate could not agree on a budget for fiscal year 2003. Instead, Congress passed several “continuing resolutions” that...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    January 7, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    NEW YORK: Is that a steel knife in the / STEELE, Ala.: Life on a land mine / NEW HAVEN, Conn.: Bush pays lip service to domestic public safety

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  • Protesters demand equal opportunity

    Protesters demand equal opportunity

    January 7, 2003

    PHILADELPHIA – Nearly 40 angry protesters attended a City Council meeting here Dec. 12 to demand inclusion of African Americans, Latinos and women in public works construction projects. Seeing that they were not going to be...

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  • Media again duped by Pentagon

    Media again duped by Pentagon

    January 7, 2003

    The Federation of American Scientists has pointed to a startling revelation by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that mainstream media have missed: In remarks during a recent press briefing, Rumsfeld suggested that though the controversial Office...

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