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DeLay booked in Houston
October 28, 2005HOUSTON — Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Sugar Land) turned himself in to the Harris County sheriff’s department here Oct. 20 to face money laundering and conspiracy charges. The charges stem from allegations that he...
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Campaign launched to honor Benjamin Davis
October 28, 2005NEW YORK — Benjamin Davis, the Communist city councilor from Harlem who was removed from the council and imprisoned during the McCarthy period, was finally honored nearly 60 years later at an overflow meeting in Harlem’s...
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National Clips
October 28, 2005BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Conyers calls for universal health care Over 50 health care professionals and community leaders jammed Carver Theater Oct. 22 to launch a grassroots movement to enact universal health care legislation. Keynote speaker Rep. John...
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Bay Area school workers fight for contracts
October 28, 2005SAN FRANCISCO — School workers and teachers here and across the bay in Oakland are ramping up their struggle in long and difficult contract talks. A sea of colorful T-shirts — blue for United Educators of...
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Public outcry blocks GOP budget cuts
October 28, 2005Massive public pressure forced the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives to abruptly delay action last week on major slashes in human services programs. The slashes, contained in a budget amendment, would have increased mandatory...
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