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Wisconsin Republicans’ victory will be short-lived
March 10, 2011Republicans pulled a fast one last night, but Wisconsin workers have shown they will not take it lying down, and the key has been their "special sauce" - breadth and unity.
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Video: South Chicago fights polluting plant
March 10, 2011Over a hundred angry demonstrators from Chicago's southeast side rallied at the Illinois state building to protest plans for construction of a coal gasification plant in their neighborhood.
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Illinois abolishes the death penalty
March 9, 2011"With our broken system, we cannot ensure justice is achieved in every case," Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn said.
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The GOP wants to suppress the student vote
March 9, 2011Paul Krugman's recent quip - that the Republican leadership has adopted the slogan "Kill the Future" to counter Obama's "Win the Future" slogan in his State of the Union address - gets truer every day.
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Vietnam: a wonderful destination
March 9, 2011Vietnam is becoming a tourist paradise, and word is getting out.
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