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UN, along with United States, celebrates Youth Day
August 19, 2009UN, along with United States, celebrates Youth Day By Dan Margolis UNITED NATIONS – Three West Branch, Iowa middle school students got a chance to stand in the world spotlight, presenting their work on the environmental dangers...
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Michael Vick gets second chance with Eagles
August 19, 2009Despite an unfortunate dark spot in his past and after serving 18 months in prison because of it, there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel for Michael Vick. Last week, the...
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Issues calmly debated at northern Calif. health care Town Hall
August 19, 2009ALAMEDA, Calif. ― Forty minutes before starting time, the line outside Alameda City Hall already stretched down the steps and across the block. Bright yellow tee-shirts printed with Health Care Reform Now! mingled with signs, Who...
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Progressives press Senate Dems to move without GOP
August 19, 2009Liberal and progressive strategists are dismissing media reports about the death of the public health care option as overblown speculation during a “slow news” period. The characterization of the reports is being made by many, among...
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New Orleans infrastructure still in disrepair
August 19, 2009Four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, New Orleans still lacks adequate basic infrastructure. Striking the city in late August 2005, Katrina left more than three quarters of New Orleans underwater, causing severe damage...
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