Budget
Demonstrators call for no cuts in Medicare, Medicaid
December 5, 2012Over 100 demonstrators gathered Dec. 4 outside Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey's office on Market Street.
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Community rallies to save San Francisco City College
September 6, 2012A broad coalition of city residents and leaders is launching a campaign to assure the future of the 90,000-student City College, beleaguered by years of budget cuts.
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On Mars: Viewed from space Earth has no borders
August 28, 2012Many question the necessity scientific research, especially of sending instruments into the the solar system and building telescopes that are ever more ambitious.
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Letter carriers step up drive to save Postal Service
July 27, 2012Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando is challenging his union to step up its crusade to save the Postal Service, saying that "if we don't, no one else will."
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During outbreak, Florida shuts only TB facility
July 11, 2012One could be forgiven for thinking that shuttering state's only tuberculosis center during the worst outbreak in 20 years isn't a particularly good idea.
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