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Missouri state capital rallies for health care reform

September 3, 2009 By Tony Pecinovsky

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – “I was too expensive, so they got rid of me,” Robert Green told hundreds of rural Missourians who rallied for health care reform here on the Capital steps September 2.

Trumka draws line in the sand on health care

September 2, 2009 By John Wojcik

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer, Richard Trumka, has drawn a line in the sand on health care reform, saying that Congress must include a strong public plan option in the final bill in order for labor to back it.

Persecuted Middle East gays hope for resettlement

September 2, 2009 By Daniel Frontino Elash

In Iran, there is a three to four day gap between when an individual is reported to the police for being homosexual, and when the police arrive to arrest that individual. Most flee before the police...

EPA will declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant

September 2, 2009 By Susan Webb

The Environmental Protection Agency is set to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant, EPA head Lisa Jackson announced on Monday. That action would trigger federal regulation of industrial CO2 sources like coal-fired power plants, cars, refineries...

German Left Party scores gain in state elections

September 1, 2009

BERLIN -- After state elections Sunday, all five main parties in Germany tried to stick in a thumb and pull out a plum or two. Some plums were very sweet, with others rather on the sour...