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Pass the budget! Grassroots coalition demands action
March 26, 2009WASHINGTON—President Obama appealed to the people to throw their support behind his first federal budget to help pull the country out of the deep economic crisis. Speaking at his second White House news conference the President...
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Abuse raises question about law for disabled workers
March 26, 2009Reposted from A scandal rocking an Iowa town of barely 250 has ballooned into a statewide story. But it has national implications. Last month, FBI agents, social services and health department officials in Iowa converged on...
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UN votes to continue Afghan aid mission
March 26, 2009Original source: The UN security council has voted unanimously to extend a mission in Afghanistan for a year to lead international civilian efforts to provide aid, promote reconstruction, combat corruption and help improve civilian-military co-operation. The...
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Solitary confinement in US prisons making thousands psychotic
March 26, 2009The United States today is housing tens of thousands of inmates in long-term solitary confinement, a form of numbing mental torture that drives about one-third of them psychotic, induces irrational anger in 90 percent, and ups...
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Hero pilot tells Congress how airline cut pay, axed pension
March 25, 2009The veteran pilot who saved everyone on board when he glided his crippled plane to a splash landing in the Hudson River last year told Congress, March 24, severe pay cuts are forcing experienced pilots and...
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