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World notes: Sept. 13, 2008
September 13, 2008Cuba: No one died with Gustav The most destructive hurricane in 50 years hit western Cuba on Aug. 30 with gusts up to 212 mph, the strongest ever recorded during any hurricane anywhere, according to head...
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Michigan: door-by-door battleground
September 13, 2008GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Any way you shake out the electoral math, Michigan may be the key to a winning scenario for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. While Kerry won the state by four points in...
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Workers continue Boeing shutdown, job security key issue
September 11, 2008Boeing workers are prepared for a long strike to prevent their jobs from being outsourced as their shutdown of the nation’s largest airplane maker enters its fourth day. Mark Blondin, the chief negotiator for the International...
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Cuba devastated by Ike, but Cubans show grit
September 11, 2008HAVANA – (Sept. 10) Cuba has been, and continues to be, devastated by Hurricane Ike. The only thing, and without question the most important thing, that hasn't been devastated is the will and determination of the...
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People of faith unite to end poverty
September 11, 2008The Census Bureau reported earlier this month another rise in the federal poverty rate in 2007, and economists believe that with growing unemployment, those figures will only get worse. So this week a faith-based coalition of...
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