U.S.
Toxic chromium in New Jersey town plagues residents
June 15, 2012While I was growing up as a teenager in Garfield, residents more directly affected by the chromium contamination were suffering.
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My New Jersey hometown – contaminated?
June 14, 2012Garfield, like the other neighborhoods along the Passaic River that border it, was a working class factory town during the 20th century.
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Lawmakers, economists rip Romney’s latest address
June 14, 2012Lawmakers and leading economists rebutted GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's economic address to a group of businessmen.
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DREAMers end sit-in at Obama office
June 13, 2012Chants of "Undocumented, unafraid!" continued for several minutes as the strikers greeted and hugged those in the crowd.
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Tea party takes a beating in Arizona
June 13, 2012Voters in southern Arizona's Republican-leaning 8th Congressional District resoundingly defeated the candidate who threatened to abolish Social Security and Medicare.
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