U.S.
Community groups slam banks, back consumer agency
July 16, 2009ST. LOUIS -- Darryl Moore, a local ACORN member, pointed up at the Wells Fargo-Wachovia Securities building here on July 14 and told the World: 'They're sticking us up. They're using our tax dollars to pay...
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Senate committee advances health reform
July 16, 2009A public option as part of health reform cleared a major legislative hurdle today, July 15, with passage of the Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All Americans Act in the Senate HELP Committee. The bill would...
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Groups denounce Rush Limbaugh’s Sotomayor comments
July 16, 2009Right-wing radio personality Rush Limbaugh’s recent comment calling Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor a “racist” and lacking “intellectual depth” is sparking new movements in several places around the country. In Florida, TV ads are being...
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REVIEW Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
July 16, 2009The magic of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series isn’t so much the actual use of magic—wizards and witches, spells and potions. Instead, what sets her series apart from other, lesser works of fantasy are the...
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Hurt remains after club kicks Black, Latino kids out of pool
July 16, 2009PHILADELPHIA — A class action complaint filed in federal court against the Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., on behalf of an African American mother charges that her four children and others were denied swimming privileges...
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