News
Northwest mechanics strike for jobs
August 26, 2005Northwest Airlines mechanics, cleaners and custodians walked off the job Aug. 20, refusing to accept layoffs that would leave half of them without jobs, and pay cuts that would reduce the wages of those left by...
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Ohioans in revolt against GOP sleaze
August 26, 2005Half a million people in Ohio are so fed up with government corruption that they signed petitions to place four measures on the ballot in November aimed at curbing Republican one-party rule, which they blame for...
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Stickup at the gas pumps
August 26, 2005CHICAGO — Drivers here went into sticker shock as gasoline prices jumped 40 cents over the past week. A gallon of gas in Chicago averaged $2.82 on Aug. 23, up nearly a dollar from a year...
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Letters
August 19, 2005Bush in a hidey hole It has been an uplifting week of joy and jubilation seeing the war criminal George Bush pinned down at his hidey hole in Crawford, Texas, by a righteously angry and sorely...
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Senate blocks military aid to Indonesia
August 19, 2005News Analysis The U.S. Senate voted last month to keep restrictions against financial aid and training for the Indonesian military. President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have pushed for full restoration of...
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