2009
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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Sen. Sherrod Brown at labor meet: New energy economy is unprecedented opportunity
May 22, 2009CLEVELAND — An array of labor leaders, public officials and policy experts gathered here recently to detail the promise and perils for Ohio in the transition to a clean energy, green jobs economy. More than a...
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LETTERS, May 30, 2009
May 22, 2009NM heroes At the state convention of the New Mexico Federation of Teachers this past weekend, we were given the honor of being presented to the group as “everyday heroes of labor,” and given a check...
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WORLD NOTES Afghanistan, Somalia, United Nations, Cuba, Great Britain, Mexico
May 22, 2009Afghanistan: Bombings lead to impasse President Hamid Karzai demanded recently that U.S. air raids against the Taliban cease. His nationally televised plea came after U.S. bombs earlier this month reportedly killed over 100 civilians in western...
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Montana mayor says his town will take 100 Gitmo prisoners
May 21, 2009Dick Cheney is slamming the Obama administration for its plan to close the notorious Guantanamo military prison. Cheney claimed this week that he didn’t “know a single congressional district in this country that is going to...
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