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Maine voters turn out in big numbers
February 12, 2004PORTLAND – Doug Wall attended his first-ever Democratic nominating caucus on Feb 8. Politics has never been his thing, he says. He had grown up believing that his government does the right thing, but now he...
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Fred Gaboury, dean of labor writers, 78
February 12, 2004Fred Gaboury, a logger from the Pacific Northwest, had Paul Bunyan-sized hands so big he couldn’t make his fingers hit the right typewriter keys. Yet in 30 years as a peerless labor writer, he interviewed hundreds...
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4 copper workers killed in Iran
February 6, 2004Four workers from a copper smelter were killed and dozens were injured while engaging in a peaceful sit-in protest at the plant’s entrance in Khatunabad in southeastern Iran Jan. 25. The workers were demanding that management...
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Rock the Vote urges Choose or lose
February 6, 2004Do you want to Rock the Vote – with MTV? Then you need to MeetUp. On Tuesday Feb. 3, in cities all across the nation, supporters of Rock the Vote and MTV’s “Choose or Lose” campaign...
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Patriots take home another trophy
February 6, 2004The Thrill and the AgonyThis week in sports by Chas Walker It took the New England Patriots 37 years to win their first Super Bowl, but only two years to win their second. New England defeated...
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