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Baseball bats & CEOs
May 20, 2009Who doesn’t revel when reading a story about a grandmother who bonks a bandit on the head with a baseball bat? Yet I have to wonder why white-collar bandits are treated with some kind of “code...
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WARNING Free stuff now, huge debt later
May 20, 2009Credit card companies target students, young people fight backLeading education advocates this week urged the protection of young consumers from unscrupulous practices by the credit card industry with the passage of the bipartisan Credit Card Accountability,...
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Pelosi comes out swinging for employee free choice
May 20, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came out swinging at a gathering of 3000 trade unionists here yesterday with a passionate call for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Determined to rebuff right wingers...
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Minnesota Governor feels heat to certify Franken as Senator
May 20, 2009Special to the World ST. PAUL, MN—Motorists driving on I-94 past Snelling Ave. are confronted by a giant billboard with a smiling picture of Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the message, “What will Pawlenty choose: People of...
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Doctors rally for more perfect health care system
May 20, 2009PHILADELPHIA — Doctors from the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare joined other doctors, nurses, medical students and health care advocates in a rally at Independence Hall here this week to demand quality, affordable health care...
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