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Maryland gov vetoes minimum wage hike, Wal-Mart health care requirement
June 3, 2005LANDOVER, Md. (PAI) — Union leaders in Maryland and nationally blasted GOP Gov. Robert Ehrlich for vetoing a health care bill that targeted Wal-Mart’s bad benefits. And, to insult to injury, Ehrlich — who raised thousands...
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World Notes
June 3, 2005Bolivia: Marchers demand equity on oil proceeds La Paz remains on edge as street protests over the unjust distribution of the country’s oil and gas revenues entered their third week and escalated in intensity. Clashes between...
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U.S. denies Posada extradition request for now
June 3, 2005The State Department May 27 turned down a Venezuelan request for extradition of Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela. It claimed a lack of supporting evidence. Posada, a Venezuelan citizen accused of bombing a Cuban...
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National Clips
June 3, 2005INDIANAPOLIS: ‘Steelworkers, start your engines’ When the official announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines,” to start the Indianapolis 500 here May 29, the United Steelworkers union (USW) was watching. Since April 2003, the union has...
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Calif. protesters to Arnold: Well be back
June 3, 2005SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A crowd of 20,000 people here May 25 protested the anti-labor policies of the Schwarzenegger administration in the largest demonstration in the state capital’s history. The rally was in opposition to the $70...
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