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Arkansas oil spill paints town black, pipeline risks exposed
April 2, 2013Exxon Mobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured March 29, spewing thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude throughout the town of Mayflower, Ark.
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Pattycake the gorilla made life better
April 2, 2013I was 22 years old and living in my native Brooklyn when "Pattycake" was born in the Central Park Zoo on Sept. 3, 1972.
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Today in labor history: Supreme Court strikes down min. wage for women
April 2, 2013The Adkins v. Children's Hospital 5-3 ruling (with one abstention) set up battle lines in the Supreme Court between progressive reformers versus reactionary free marketers.
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Sixteen arrested in W.Va. after 11,000 march on Patriot Coal
April 2, 2013The actions, organized by UMWA, were in support of the union's campaign to save health care for retired miners and win better wages, benefits and working conditions for miners on the job.
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Syria: a multi-sided chess match
April 2, 2013The Syrian civil war resembles a chess match between supporters of the Bashar al-Assad regime: Iran, Iraq, Russia and China, and its opponents:Turkey, oil monarchies, U.S., Britain and France.
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