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  • An EFCA majority sign-up “trigger”?

    An EFCA majority sign-up “trigger”?

    September 13, 2009 By John Wojcik

     Some Blue Dog Democrats, fearful of a public option in a health care bill, have signaled that they might be willing to support a compromise measure that allows for creation of such an option once insurance...

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  • Statement from ACORN regarding recent news reports

    Statement from ACORN regarding recent news reports

    September 13, 2009 By Bertha Lewis

    The relentless attacks on ACORN’s members, its staff and the policies and positions we promote are unprecedented. An international entertainment conglomerate, disguising itself as a “news” agency (Fox), has expended millions, if not tens of millions...

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  • It’s a lie

    It’s a lie

    September 13, 2009 By John Case

    Like a Samurai sword catching a silk scarf full of dung, President Obama eloquently separated the silk from the shinola in his speech to Congress on health care reform. To the Joseph Goebbels style slanders and...

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  • Steeler Nation fights its way back

    Steeler Nation fights its way back

    September 13, 2009 By John Wojcik

    It was crazy here Thursday night. The sportscaster on the huge flat screen at one of the bars on Smithfield Street was talking about how the Steelers continue to amaze him, what with the huge following...

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  • Republic Windows workers hail arrest of former boss

    Republic Windows workers hail arrest of former boss

    September 13, 2009

    The former chief executive of Republic Windows and Doors, the company that abruptly closed here last winter without paying its workers severance and vacation pay, has been arrested and charged as part of a major financial...

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