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Proposed Calif. budget cuts stir outrage
January 18, 2008Healthcare and education advocates, and Democratic legislative leaders, are expressing outrage at the proposals Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made last week for a 10 percent across-the-boards cut in the state’s budget, to offset a $14.5 billion...
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Cleveland workers protest toxic imports
January 18, 2008CLEVELAND - Forty protesters, some wearing “Hazmat” suits, picketed the federal building here Jan. 16 in support of legislation to protect consumers from toxic imports. Initiated by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), the action, calling...
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Mexican authorities move to crush copper strike
January 18, 2008Mexican labor authorities seized on technicalities to order an end to the strike at the country’s largest copper mine in Cananea, Sonora, on Friday. The Mexican press reports that over 700 heavily armed agents of the...
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Brazil celebrates The Year of Oscar Niemeyer
January 18, 2008Oscar Niemeyer, one of the world's greatest architects, celebrated his 100 birthday on Dec. 14, 2007. Best known for the pioneering, breathtaking buildings he designed for Brazil's capital, he has inspired generations of architects with his...
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LETTERS: Jan. 19
January 18, 2008‘Right to work’ scam I sent this letter to the Oakland (Mich.) Press: The far-right is on the move again. These are people with heavy pockets and bulging bank accounts. And, by gosh, they are never...
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