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Workers celebrate victory over Starbucks
January 20, 2011Members of the Starbucks Workers Union held demonstrations at branches of the coffee shop giant across Manhattan on Jan. 17, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as they've done for years. This year, the union had something...
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Mortgage bankers flee as workers march into meeting
January 20, 2011The bankers' summit was interrupted after the workers, who overwhelmed security guards with their sheer numbers, marched into the room, passing stunned bankers.
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Michigan governor goes down old, no-solution path
January 20, 2011Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address last night showed that his drive to "reinvent" Michigan is neither new nor a balm for this crisis-weary state.
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Dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s strange return to Haiti
January 20, 2011The return of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier to Haiti has further unsettled an already chaotic situation.
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The roots of Tucson
January 20, 2011The violence in Tucson is also not an isolated incident. According to the last figures issued by the FBI, there were 8,336 victims of hate crimes committed by 6,225 people in 2009.
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