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Honor Dr. King and boycott Bissell products, workers say
January 18, 2010JOLIET, Ill. - As a way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., religious and labor leaders here announced a boycott of Bissell products after 70 workers were fired last year.
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World Notes
January 18, 2010United Nations, Britain, Mongolia, Argentina, Iraq, Cuba
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20,000 march to protest anti-immigrant sheriff
January 18, 2010PHOENIX - United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta and singer Linda Ronstadt were among more than 20,000 people who marched to protest "out-of-control" Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
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Obama demands banks give “every dime back” to taxpayers
January 18, 2010With Wall Street executives raking in windfall profits while the rest of the country staggered through a banker-caused recession, President Obama pledged to impose a tax on major financial firms to recoup bailout money.
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Jyoti Basu, great son of India, dies at 95
January 17, 2010Jyoti Basu, a grand man of Indian politics and socialist movement who enjoyed tremendous popularity and respect, died Jan. 17 at age 95.
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