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  • Letters: September 12, 2009

    Letters: September 12, 2009

    September 13, 2009 By Readers

    Armed attendees have been allowed at town hall meetings and public rallies where the President and other national officials were speaking. Paradoxically, Cindy Sheehan wore an anti-Bush t-shirt to a Bush rally and was arrested! Other...

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  • Stop Thief!

    Stop Thief!

    September 13, 2009 By PW Editorial Board

    A university survey of 4,387 low-wage workers showed that over two-thirds were cheated on their last week’s pay. They were cheated, on average, $51 out of their pay of $339. Thefts included paying less than minimum...

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  • Labor’s ‘Julie’ Margolin, gone but not forgotten

    Labor’s ‘Julie’ Margolin, gone but not forgotten

    September 13, 2009 By PW Editorial Board

    Anyone who met "Julie," as he was affectionately known by his friends, would get a big smile and feel the warmth of his long handshake. Typically, when first meeting someone, Julie would grab their hand and...

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  • Senate health bill protested at labor convention

    Senate health bill protested at labor convention

    September 13, 2009 By John Wojcik

    PITTSBURGH- Delegates, alternates and others at the 26th AFL-CIO convention who are from states with Senators who serve on the Senate’s Finance Committee began calling those lawmakers Tuesday afternoon from the convention floor telling them that...

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  • Will Ellen DeGeneres make it on American Idol

    Will Ellen DeGeneres make it on American Idol

    September 13, 2009

    Before every American Idol fan and entertainment writer goes nuts buzzing online about how it’s a bad idea that Ellen DeGeneres has joined the show’s judging table, let’s all just take a deep breath and give...

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