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The nation’s football players: “Let us play!”
February 2, 2011Members of the NFL Players Association, are facing the possibility of being out of work if their bosses follow up on threats to lock them out when their contract expires March 4.
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Planned Parenthood seeks FBI probe of video plot
February 2, 2011Planned Parenthood has asked the FBI to investigate an apparent video scam operation linked to a far-right anti-abortion group, targeting several of its clinics in six states.
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Groups protest GOP censorship at Smithsonian
February 2, 2011Angry protesters called for the resignation of the Smithsonian Institution's secretary G. Wayne Clough who, under pressure from Republican lawmakers and Catholic conservatives, took down a video exhibition by a gay artist who died of AIDS.
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Germany: Scandals for the Baron and a vote for more war
February 2, 2011A series of scandals scratched the shining image of the scion of conservative Bavarian circles. But the Bundestag once again defied German majority opinion and voted to continue the use of troops in Afghanistan.
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Michigan deficit plan: Raise taxes on poor
February 2, 2011Going after those on the low end of the economic ladder, Republicans in the Michigan Legislature want to eliminate the Earned Income Tax Credit for the working poor.
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