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Eerie silence at bridge disaster site
August 17, 2007MINNEAPOLIS — Cars have been removed and the ninth victim’s body was recovered Aug. 13 from the I-35W bridge collapse here. Tall black cranes, one with the American flag on top of it, moved slowly on...
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White House launches anti-immigrant surge
August 17, 2007LOS ANGELES — On Aug. 10 the Bush administration, invoking its executive authority, announced a 26-point program of harsher, more punitive immigration policies, including the further militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border and the expansion of temporary...
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Surge a failure, lawmaker charges
August 17, 2007It looks as though the administration will use a September report by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, to paint a rosy picture of the situation there. Elected leaders and broad sections of...
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Mortgage crisis stoked by incredible greed
August 17, 2007Baton Rouge, La., Kansas City, Mo., and Bethlehem, Pa., are far from Wall Street, but they are among the ground zeros in the financial crisis now grabbing headlines. It’s a crisis caused, some say, by “incredible...
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Blues bounty serves food bank
August 11, 2007Bernard Allison performs at the 13th Annual Pittsburgh Blues Festival, which was held July 20-22 at Hartwood Acres. The proceeds benefited the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Nationally known artists Delbert McClinton and Frank Marino were...
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