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Mississippi first student workers join Teamsters union
May 26, 2009Original source: First student school bus drivers, monitors and mechanics in West Point, Mississippi, are now Teamster members, after an overwhelming 21-6 vote in favor of representation by Local 891 in Jackson. The workers united in...
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Women created Memorial Day
May 26, 2009Original source: (WOMENSENEWS)--Much of women's history is missing from our public story. One more example; women were almost entirely responsible for the recognition of Memorial Day. Its origin was the Civil War and until recently, the...
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Katrina hero’s story to be told on big screen
May 24, 2009Sony Pictures and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment have picked up the movie rights to the story of an ex-Marine who orchestrated the rescue of hundreds of his neighbors during the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
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Gitmo a paradise of fun in the sun says anonymous source
May 24, 2009The battle between former Vice President Cheney and President Obama has heated up with dueling speeches on the subject of “Torture: Fun, but for whom?” Cheney has taken the position that the more we torture foreigners...
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Connecticut town hall meet favors not-for-profit health care
May 23, 2009DERBY, Conn. -- In search of a solution to the health care crisis, several hundred people jammed into the Griffin Hospital auditorium Saturday for a town hall meeting with Sen. Chris Dodd, Rep. Rosa DeLauro and...
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