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Medicare Part D is a dog
November 18, 2005Medicare has no control over the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. It is the insurance companies and HMOs who will run Part D. Of course they will do this for their own profit. And Medicare...
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CARA convention vows to fight Bush agenda
November 18, 2005LOS ANGELES — On the heels of a stunning Special Election victory, the California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) held its second annual convention, “Turning outrage into action,” in Anaheim Nov. 9-10. The first day was...
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Lorain voters defeat Wal-Mart
November 18, 2005LORAIN, Ohio — A union-community coalition delivered a sharp rebuke to Wal-Mart Corp. in the Nov. 8 election here. Voters in this northern Ohio steel center overwhelmingly defeated a ballot referendum that would have permitted city...
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Republicans thrashed in Tucson
November 18, 2005TUCSON, Ariz. — Voters here dealt the right wing a stinging defeat in the Nov. 8 city election, in keeping with what appeared to be a nationwide voter rebuff to the GOP. Republican incumbents Kathleen Dunbar...
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World Notes
November 18, 2005Colombia: Protesters occupy church A peaceful occupation of San Francisco Church in downtown Bogota by hundreds of Afro-Colombians from the country’s western coastal region earlier this month resulted in government concessions on measures affecting the Afro-Colombian...
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