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Minnesota experience may offer solution for ‘jobless recovery’
November 27, 2009When President Obama convenes a White House forum Dec. 3 to consider ways to create jobs, he should ponder a program that worked successfully for Minnesota in the 1980s.
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Capitalists caught misusing immigration law
November 25, 2009DALLAS — A giant construction project for a bridge across the Trinity River is costing a fortune, helping no one and may not go anywhere.
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In economic crisis, ordinary people create solutions
November 25, 2009"We the people" - Local communities are creating human networks of food banks, community gardens, medical clinics, telephone hotlines and more.
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Clergy deliver prayers to Sen. Joe Lieberman
November 25, 2009An interfaith group of clergy and supporters rallied at Sen. Joe Lieberman's Hartford office Tuesday to present hundreds of personal prayers in support of health care reform.
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Francisco “Paco” Rodriguez, Chicago boxer dies after brutal fight
November 25, 2009The boxing community here is mourning the death of Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez, 25, who died over the weekend due to repeated blows to the head after a brutal boxing match in Philadelphia.
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