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In bed with Big Oil
September 18, 2008The idea that the Bush administration is in bed with the oil companies took on new meaning with revelations that Interior Department officials engaged in sex, drugs and partying with oil and gas company representatives. A...
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Battle for womens hearts, minds and votes
September 18, 2008The battle for women’s hearts, minds and votes has gone into overdrive. And for good reason. In 2004, women as a whole made up 54 percent of the electorate, with white women making up 41 percent.
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Vote suppression, ‘dirty tricks’ target key states
September 17, 2008The AFL-CIO has launched a new voting rights protection program to help protect working-class voters against dirty tricks in the fall elections. My Vote, My Right aims 'to ensure votes cast at the ballot box are...
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Hillary Clinton in Ohio: No way, no how, no McCain, no Palin
September 17, 2008ELYRIA, Ohio — Hammering “failed Republican economic policies,” Sen. Hillary Clinton rallied 1,000 cheering residents of Lorain County to go all out to elect Barack Obama president. Speaking in the packed lobby of Lorain Community College...
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I dont like Ike
September 15, 2008HOUSTON – Hurricane Ike slammed into the Houston-Galveston area at about 2:10 a.m. CDT on Sept. 13. At the time of landfall, it was a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 110 mph. By comparison,...
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