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Court blocks Arizona voter ID
October 21, 2006CommentaryTUCSON, Ariz. — In a victory for democratic elections, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted an injunction that bars enforcement of Arizona’s oppressive voter identification requirements during the Nov. 7 election. The Arizona...
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Illinois town resists anti-immigrant law
October 21, 2006CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. — When nearly 3,000 demonstrators showed up outside a village board meeting here on Oct. 3, mostly to oppose the “Illegal Alien Immigration Relief Act,” town leaders tabled the measure in order to facilitate...
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Report: 655,000 Iraqis dead
October 21, 2006A new study by U.S. and Iraqi public health doctors estimates that approximately 600,000 Iraqis have been killed in the violence that the U.S. unleashed with its March 2003 invasion. An additional estimated 55,000 deaths from...
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Its about turnout, turnout, turnout
October 21, 2006Door-knockers urge big drive to get out the votePITTSBURGH — It’s about “turnout, turnout, turnout,” says gravelly voiced Allegheny County Labor Council President Jack Shea, speaking from a cell phone on his way to another worksite...
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Offering hope on nuke nightmare
October 13, 2006MovieREVIEWThe Last Atomic Bomb: A Survivor’s Story Directed by Robert Richter 92 minutes By Marliyn Bechtel This gripping documentary, tells the story of Sakue Shimohira, who as a 10-year-old girl survived the U.S. atomic bombing of...
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