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  • Gulf Coast Update

    Gulf Coast Update

    July 14, 2006

    Higher jobless rates Sheriff’s statements ‘overtly racist’ Entergy New Orleans seeks 25 percent rate boost Flood or hurricane? Insurers seek to avoid payments

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  • Calif. vineyard workers fight back after firings

    Calif. vineyard workers fight back after firings

    July 14, 2006

    Vineyard workers and their union, the United Farm Workers, are upping the ante in their months-long struggle for a new contract with Northern California’s Charles Krug winery. The winery fired all 36 workers July 7, saying...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    July 14, 2006

    HOUSTON: Will DeLay run again? As resilient as the cockroaches he used to exterminate, Tom DeLay may again run for Congress after having resigned earlier this year in disgrace. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ruled July...

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  • Connecticut AFL-CIO aims to change America

    Connecticut AFL-CIO aims to change America

    July 14, 2006

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “Yes, they’re waging class war and it’s time we wage it back!” declared AFL-CIO Director of Organizing Stewart Acuff to prolonged applause, challenging the Bush administration and corporate interests at the Connecticut...

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  • Demand rises for recount in Mexico

    Demand rises for recount in Mexico

    July 14, 2006

    MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute has declared Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) winner of the July 2 presidential election by the narrowest of margins. However, evidence is mounting that the election...

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