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Apple apologizes for Baby Shaker iPhone app
April 30, 2009Parents whose children died or were permanently injured due to their babies being shaken protested outside an Apple store about an application called Baby Shaker. Apple has apologized this week for the 'deeply offensive' iPhone application,...
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House passes hate crimes prevention act
April 30, 2009The US House of Representatives passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, Wednesday, April 29th with a bipartisan majority. Supporters of the bill say it would provide...
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Heartbeat of America on life-support: How did we get here, and now what?
April 30, 2009DETROIT — In 1970, the United Auto Workers had 395,000 hourly workers at General Motors plants, but two years from now that number will have plummeted to 38,000. How did we get to this point? Long...
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VP Biden affirms Obama admin.’s support for EFCA
April 30, 2009Rumors of the demise of the Employee Free Choice Act are greatly exaggerated. In a teleconference with reporters April 29th to tout the administration's accomplishments in its first 100 days, Vice President Joe Biden told reporters...
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President Obama’s first 100 days bring real change for women
April 30, 2009Original source: President Barack Obama's first 100 days have brought real change for women. Obama swiftly signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, repealed the Global Gag Rule, restored international family planning aid and acted to...
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