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Hurricanes and hummingbirds
October 7, 2005Workers’ CorrespondenceHouston reader Pat Burnham forwarded us the letter she sent out to friends after a weekend with Hurricane Rita. Greetings to all! My household survived with no damage, just a lot of small branches and...
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DeLay, Frist to wed
October 7, 2005Embattled Republicans seek legal protection as gay married couple In what some skeptics saw as a calculated move to protect themselves from impending prosecution and ethics probes, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and former Speaker of...
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A Tale of Two Bankruptcies
October 7, 2005Airlines flying high, but new bankruptcy law threatens Katrina victims with endless debt A federal bankruptcy court judge on Sept. 15 approved Delta Air Lines’ request to borrow $2.05 billion from its creditors in a move...
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World Notes
October 7, 2005Sudan: Crisis escalates The African Union (AU) has accused the Sudanese government of coordinating with nomadic Janjawid militias in attacking civilians in the Darfur region, and has said all sides in the conflict are violating cease-fire...
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Six-party talks on Korea make progress
October 7, 2005The fourth round of six-party talks to resolve the Korean nuclear issue came to an agreement Sept. 19 after weeks of stalemate, mainly because the U.S. budged. Some see this as evidence that a hobbled Bush...
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