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Detroit bankruptcy solved – for now: What about other cities?
November 10, 2014Everyone is congratulating Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and his emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, for helping to craft a bankruptcy settlement in Detroit.
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Mail-in, provisional ballots upset Calif. Republican “upset”
November 10, 2014Republicans badly wanted to win this historically red district, famous as the home for many retired military.
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Seismic shift seen in Florida Cuban American vote
November 10, 2014Despite winning the gubernatorial race in Florida last week, exit polling shows that Gov. Rick Scott lost Cuban-Americans to his Democratic opponent, 50 to 46 percent.
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Muslims worldwide denounce ISIS – but Islamophobes aren’t listening
November 10, 2014Authoritative Muslim voices from all quarters are denouncing ISIS, as they have denounced al-Qaeda and terrorism in general for years.
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Today in labor history: IWW comic strip Mr. Block appears
November 7, 2014The character with a wooden block head and no class consciousness was created by Ernest Riebe and commemorated in a song written by Joe Hill.
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