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  • Bankers dig in against Obama regulations

    Bankers dig in against Obama regulations

    June 19, 2009

    The ink isn’t dry on President Obama’s plan to protect consumers from financial predators and toughen regulation of Wall Street yet already the bankers are digging in to stop any real change. Edward Yingling, chief executive...

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  • Take me out to the ball game

    Take me out to the ball game

    June 19, 2009

    CHICAGO – In our fourth annual outing, 50 friends and allies here raised $500 for our favorite publication, People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo, by way of rooting for the city’s Southside team, the White Sox, at its...

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  • On same-sex benefits change is welcome but … LGBT leaders challenge Obama to go further

    On same-sex benefits change is welcome but … LGBT leaders challenge Obama to go further

    June 19, 2009

    Leading civil rights organizations welcomed President Obama's memorandum expanding some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees June 17, but called on the President to take bolder steps on other hot-button LGBT equality issues. President...

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  • China issues sex change guidelines for public discussion

    China issues sex change guidelines for public discussion

    June 19, 2009

    China is set to issue its first clinical guideline on sex-change surgery, according to a notice put on the website of the Ministry of Health Tuesday. The ministry is now soliciting public and professional opinions on...

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  • The handicap of working for Cuba

    The handicap of working for Cuba

    June 19, 2009

    The Supreme Court’s refusal June 15 to review the case of the Cuban Five, whose original trial began in November 2000, invites comparisons of their sentences with those handed out to others with convictions relating to...

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