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Senate adds death penalty amendment to kill hate crimes legislation
July 22, 2009Original source: On Friday, the Senate passed the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as an amendment to the fiscal year 2010 Department of Defense authorization bill. But today, the Senate passed an amendment to the...
Read moreComic book geeks of the world unite at Comic-Con
July 22, 2009Comic book, science fiction, animation and fantasy fans are all gearing up for the 40th Comic-Con International annual convention set to kick off at the San Diego Convention Center July 23-26. Organizers of the event say...
Read moreUnion petitions Congress for vote on majority signup
July 22, 2009Andy Stern, president of the 2.5-million-member Service Employees International Union, launched a national petition drive today to insist that both the House and Senate schedule an up or down vote on allowing workers to form a...
Read moreHouston rallies to support health care reform
July 22, 2009HOUSTON – A spirited rally was held recently at the Harris County AFL-CIO headquarters in Houston to support health care reform. The effort was called by Organizing for America which is the successor to Obama for...
Read moreCOMMENTARY: Kill them all!
July 22, 2009“It was straight out of the movies. It was like: Let’s kill them all.” --A former CIA intelligence officer commenting about building military teams of Special Forces commandos to kill al Qaeda members. On July 22,...
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