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October 13, 2006BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Coach fights for equality for girls team In 2005, Ensley High School girls’ basketball coach Roderick Jackson drew national attention when he took his case charging the Birmingham School District with gender discrimination, specifically,...
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Deadly U.S. costs of the Iraq war
October 13, 2006As a new study finds that 600,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since the U.S. invasion (see editorial, page 12), Americans contemplate the bitter costs here at home: • More than 2,700 U.S. soldiers have been...
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Goodyear workers strike to stop plant closings
October 13, 2006Refusing further concessions, this is where rubber workers meet the roadPITTSBURGH — “How would you feel if you worked a lifetime to build a great company, made sacrifices to save the company and now are being...
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700 unionists ring bells to knock out Santorum
October 13, 2006Angry steelworkers drive Bush brother into subway closetPITTSBURGH — Laughter, cheers and applause filled the Steelworkers union headquarters here, Oct. 7, when Allegheny County Labor Council President Jack Shea introduced steelworkers who had forced Florida Gov....
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Trail of sleaze paved with corporate cash
October 13, 2006Culture of corruption aims for GOP one-party rule WASHINGTON — “Under the Influence,” an Oct. 9 report by Public Citizen’s Congress Watch, exposes the torrent of corporate cash pouring into the coffers of Republican incumbents scrambling...
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