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Senate narrowly rejects gun measure
July 24, 2009Senate lawmakers defeated a Republican effort July 22 to allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines. The measure was pushed by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and was offered as an amendment to the...
Read moreObama presses forward on health reform; GOP stalls
July 24, 2009President Obama continued his campaign for health care reform this week with a stop at a Cleveland area clinic, July 23. The town hall event came one day after a major televised press conference during which...
Read morePort Chicago disaster remembered
July 24, 2009PORT CHICAGO, Calif. ― In what would become a pivotal moment in the civil rights struggle, 320 men died July 17, 1944 in a munitions explosion aboard a ship being loaded at the Port Chicago Navy...
Read moreCOMMENTARY Recession related suicides skyrocket in Houston, Texas
July 23, 2009HOUSTON – An article in the Houston Chronicle recently documents a dramatic jump in suicides in Houston since the onset of the recession. It points out that many suicides are directly related to the loss of...
Read morePresident Obama challenges GOP ‘misinformation’ on health care reform
July 23, 2009President Barack Obama got right to the point on health care reform and answered every GOP charge at the July 22 White House press conference.
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