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Union retirees turning Florida from red to blue
October 17, 2008FORT MEYERS, Fla. — Labor activists in this very Republican area of Florida are feeling traction in their efforts to elect Barack Obama president. The Alliance of Retired Americans (ARA), United Auto Workers retirees and other...
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World notes: October 18, 2008
October 17, 2008World notes Afghanistan: Military victory unlikely Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, who commands a British Air Assault Brigade that has taken severe losses from the Taliban, told the Sunday Times Oct. 5, “We’re not going to win this...
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Nationalize banks, employ unemployed
October 17, 2008Last week the major economies of the world, including the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, China, Russia and Brazil carried out an unprecedented and coordinated reduction of interest rates. The effort itself was not immediately...
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Coalition mobilizes to protect the vote
October 17, 2008The Baltimore Sun debunked Republican charges that ACORN is flooding state election boards with phony voter registration cards. “This sounds more like partisan sniping than legitimate complaints aimed at protecting ballot box integrity,” the Oct. 13...
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Biden calls for tax on Big Oil
October 15, 2008YOUNGSTOWN -- Voters in the Mahoning Valley are gearing up for the election with a candidates' forum here along with Hillary Clinton and vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden appearing in the area this week. Biden spoke to...
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