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McCain to seniors, vets: tough luck
February 15, 2008One more unemployment check to a worker without a job might keep him or her in an apartment or a house. A $400 rebate check to a senior citizen or a disabled veteran might mean a...
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GM, eager to cut wages, tries buyout of all workers
February 13, 2008General Motors Corp. announced Feb. 12 that it wants to buy out all of its 74,000 U.S. hourly employees who are represented by the United Auto Workers. If the plan works it will trigger one of...
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Worker’s perspective on saving auto in the U.S.
February 13, 2008DETROIT – Last month my wife and I went to the North American International Auto Show. For Detroiters, this is an annual pilgrimage. Where else can you sit behind the wheel of a $110,000 Maserati when...
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Houston DA under fire in e-mail scandal
February 12, 2008HOUSTON – Harris County, Texas’s flamboyant District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal is in a heap of trouble after years of iron fisted domination of the county courts. Rosenthal, who backs right-wing Bush supporter and crony Gov. Rick...
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Making free speech history on Calle Ocho in Miami
February 12, 2008MIAMI – Antiwar group CodePink and its allies made history here Feb. 9 when they took their 'Most Wanted Campaign' back to Calle Ocho, S.W. 8th Street to highlight the case of notorious terrorist Luis Posada...
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