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On 2nd anniversary of Katrina Gulf Coast needs a New Deal
August 24, 2007Eyewitness account NEW ORLEANS — Two years after his wife was swept away by Hurricane Katrina, Calvin Bernard still comes to sweep the slab and water the flowers where their house once stood in this city’s...
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Calif. stealth initiative could grab White House for GOP
August 17, 2007Under the guise of “electoral reform,” California Republicans are preparing to launch a deceptively-named ballot initiative which could seriously distort the results of next year’s presidential election. In mid-July, Thomas W. Hiltachk, acting on behalf of...
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Eerie silence at bridge disaster site
August 17, 2007MINNEAPOLIS — Cars have been removed and the ninth victim’s body was recovered Aug. 13 from the I-35W bridge collapse here. Tall black cranes, one with the American flag on top of it, moved slowly on...
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Mortgage crisis stoked by incredible greed
August 17, 2007Baton Rouge, La., Kansas City, Mo., and Bethlehem, Pa., are far from Wall Street, but they are among the ground zeros in the financial crisis now grabbing headlines. It’s a crisis caused, some say, by “incredible...
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The American Revolution revisited
August 10, 2007Are those who sing our national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner,” and those who enjoy the huge fireworks displayed over our entire nation every July 4 really aware of the significance of this historic holiday?
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