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Hammer on ballot
August 11, 2006HOUSTON — Tina Benkiser, chair of the Texas Republican Party, lost in her attempt to remove former GOP Rep. Tom DeLay from November’s ballot. The GOP argued that he would not be a resident of Texas...
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Millions send Castro solidarity wishes
August 11, 2006NEWS ANALYSISAfter Cuban President Fidel Castro announced his intestinal surgery and the orderly succession of power on July 31, millions responded, not only in Cuba but also around the world. Depending on their class point of...
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Health care looms large in Maryland election
August 4, 2006ANNAPOLIS, Md. — “Health Care for All,” a broad labor-community coalition here, has warned Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich, who is seeking a second term, that health care, including affordable prescription drugs, will be a decisive issue...
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The political trial of Andrea Yates
August 4, 2006On July 26 a Houston jury found Andrea Yates not guilty of murder, by reason of insanity, in the 2001 drowning of her five children. Yates will likely spend the rest of her life in a...
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The Middle East in crisis
August 4, 2006As I write, Israeli bombing, with the full encouragement of the Bush administration, continues in violation of Israel’s own supposed 48-hour moratorium — a moratorium precipitated by world revulsion to the shocking deaths of dozens of...
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