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  • Southwest, the LUV airline, is a heart-breaker

    Southwest, the LUV airline, is a heart-breaker

    February 27, 2004

    DALLAS – Flight attendants in Transport Workers Union Local 556 sent a powerful Valentine’s Day message to the bosses at Southwest Airlines Feb. 13 with informational pickets and rallies at all seven major airports served. There...

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  • Bush sneaks in another extremist judge

    Bush sneaks in another extremist judge

    February 27, 2004

    Reaction to George W. Bush’s Feb. 20 back-door appointment of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor as a U.S. appeals court judge was swift and scathing. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), one of the senior members of the...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    February 27, 2004

    Spain: Dockers hurt during demonstrations At least 50 people were hurt Feb. 17 in clashes between police and dockers in various Spanish cities, Prensa Latina reported. Nearly 14,000 workers employed by Izar, the country’s largest naval...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    February 27, 2004

    NASHVILLE, Tenn.: State defies drug companies, Bush Tennessee joins a host of Midwest and New England cities and states openly defying not only the huge drug corporations but also the Bush administration. Gov. Phil Bredesen, a...

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  • Illinois  Senate race offers historic opportunity

    Illinois Senate race offers historic opportunity

    February 27, 2004

    CHICAGO – The race for the Democratic nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Illinois has boiled down to a three-person race, according to polls. Millionaire Blair Hull has a slight lead after pouring $18...

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