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Mixed results in California elections
November 17, 2006Among the most significant election results in California was the 53-47 percent victory of wind power engineer Jerry McNerney over seven-term U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo in the 11th Congressional District, despite a Republican 7-point advantage in...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
November 17, 2006FORT BENNING, Ga.: ‘Close torture school,’ thousands demand Judy Cumbee marched over 150 mileswith scores of peace activists from Montgomery, Ala., to Fort Benning, joining over 20,000 from around the country demanding that the former School...
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Red states say America needs a raise
November 17, 2006Voters in six states that helped send Bush back to the White House for a second term in 2004 sent a different message this year, approving ballot measures that increase the minimum wage in their states....
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Now is time to move on health care, Conyers says
November 17, 2006CHICAGO — Health care activists from around the country gathered here for a strategy meeting Nov. 11-12, energized in the wake of the Democrats winning control of both houses of Congress.
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Labor hits the ground running
November 17, 2006In Ohio, issues of Iraq, jobs, Social Security and health care top the agenda CLEVELAND — Flush with victory in the Nov. 7 elections, Cleveland’s labor activists, like their counterparts elsewhere, are pressing to broaden the...
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