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  • Machine guns on Arizona choppers?

    Machine guns on Arizona choppers?

    November 27, 2003

    TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Republican Rep. John Shadegg wants the U.S. Customs Department’s Black Hawk helicopters to be armed with .50-caliber machine guns. Shadegg says this would allow a gunner on board to fire into the...

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  • Sacramento says no to Patriot Act

    Sacramento says no to Patriot Act

    November 27, 2003

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In a jam-packed room filled with hundreds of community members, the Sacramento City Council voted 8-1 on Nov. 13 to support a resolution opposing the Patriot Act’s unconstitutional provisions. Sacramento thereby became the...

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  • Mumia defense office burglarized

    Mumia defense office burglarized

    November 27, 2003

    PHILADELPHIA – On Nov. 19 the office of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal (ICFFMAJ) here was broken into by burglars. A spokesman for the ICFFMAJ says it was “an apparent political burglary.”...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    November 27, 2003

    WASHINGTON: Black farmers say ‘save our land’ African American farmers from across the South protested in front of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nov. 19, charging that it continues to grant loans to white farmers...

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  • Bush Medicare plan robs seniors

    Bush Medicare plan robs seniors

    November 27, 2003

    WASHINGTON – In a treacherous sellout of 41 million senior citizens, the Republican-controlled House and Senate narrowly approved George W. Bush’s prescription drug scam that fattens HMO and drug company profits while opening the door to...

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