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By ferry and busgetting there is half the fun
June 1, 2009SEQUIM, Wash. --- The Hood Canal floating bridge was closed for repairs for six weeks beginning May 1. It left travelers seeking to get off the Olympic Peninsula the option of a long drive on narrow,...
Read moreThousands demand health care now!
June 1, 2009SEATTLE—Led by mothers and their children, thousands of union members and other health care advocates marched through the city here May 30 behind a giant banner that proclaimed, “Health care for All in 2009 … We...
Read moreOutrage, profound sadness follow in wake of Kansas doctor’s murder
June 1, 2009Starting with the president, people expressed profound sadness and outrage over the murder of Dr. George Tiller in his Wichita, Kan., church. Tiller, one of the few American physicians who performed late-term abortions, was gunned down...
Read moreObama’s weekly address: Judge Sotomayor’s qualifications
June 1, 2009Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, May 30, 2009 Washington D.C. This week, I nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Court of Appeals to replace Justice David Souter, who is retiring after nearly...
Read moreCOMMENTARY Psychopaths wanted for high court appointment
May 31, 2009Wow, is Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, ever in for it! Mark Kirkorian of the anti-immigrant “Center for Immigration Studies” told the press this week that it is incorrect to pronounce...
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