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100,000 demand Clarence Thomas stay out of health care hearing
February 22, 2012Over 100,000 signatures demanding Justice Clarence Thomas recuse himself from upcoming March hearings on the Affordable Care Act were presented to the Supreme Court on Friday.
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Demonstrators to Temple U.: Practice some diversity; union jobs for all
February 22, 2012Demonstrators carried signs and chanted slogans urging "Women in the Trades" and "Union Jobs for All."
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Florida’s Orange County joins statewide trend to recognize domestic partners
February 22, 2012Other areas in Florida with domestic partnership registries include Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, and the cities of Gainesville, Miami Beach and Key West.
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President Obama croons “Sweet Home Chicago” with BB King
February 22, 2012President Obama sings the blues, not because he's down in the polls - he's up - but because legendary blues singer BB King asks him.
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Over 1,000 at Oregon Capitol protest cuts, school privatization
February 21, 2012More than a thousand public employee unionists, educators, parents, environmentalists, and Occupy activists rallied for a "Strong Schools, Strong Oregon" day of mass action at the state Capitol.
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