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  • Grand jury probes GOP campaign funding

    Grand jury probes GOP campaign funding

    March 4, 2004

    AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas grand jury recently expanded its investigation into allegations that one of Rep. Tom DeLay’s (R-Texas) political action committees and the state’s leading business trade association financed the Republican takeover of the...

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  • Corporate rule hammers Buffalo

    Corporate rule hammers Buffalo

    March 4, 2004

    BUFFALO, N.Y. – Like many other cities, crumbling under the weight of job loss and a shrinking manufacturing tax base, Buffalo faces massive budget deficits. With no federal or state help in sight, Buffalo has been...

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  • LA Raza: Education, jobs, health top Latino agenda

    LA Raza: Education, jobs, health top Latino agenda

    March 4, 2004

    WASHINGTON – Lack of quality education, health care, and good jobs, and widespread discrimination define the “State of Hispanic America” and are critical issues for Latinos in the 2004 election, said Raul Yzaguirre, president of the...

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  • California  Students fight for college dreams

    California Students fight for college dreams

    March 4, 2004

    OAKLAND, Calif. – When you meet Sherita Cobb you are reminded of Lorraine Hansberry’s writings, “To be young, gifted and Black.”

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  • Cleveland in contention

    Cleveland in contention

    February 27, 2004 By Chas Walker

    The Thrill and the Agony This week in sports by Chas Walker

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