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  • Miners plan work stoppage over anti-Obama film

    Miners plan work stoppage over anti-Obama film

    September 24, 2008

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. – (AP)Union leaders say a National Rifle Association film crew tried to coerce West Virginia miners into bad-mouthing presidential hopeful Barack Obama on camera, and that the union plans a brief work stoppage in...

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  • OPINION: Ramming through the bailout

    OPINION: Ramming through the bailout

    September 24, 2008

    Bush, Paulson make Dillinger look like a Boy Scout As the Bush administration attempts to ram a bailout package of nearly one trillion dollars through Congress, it begins to feel like Colonel Sanders asking the public...

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  • OPINION: The Rosenberg case revisited: heroes and betrayers

    OPINION: The Rosenberg case revisited: heroes and betrayers

    September 24, 2008 By Susan Webb

    The ugly days of the 1950s witchhunts returned to the headlines this month, hitting me in a very personal way.

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  • Protect your vote

    Protect your vote

    September 24, 2008

    This year’s historic election may come down to two major factors: how many people turn out to the polls, and how many of their votes are counted. Voter turnout increased more than 120 percent during the...

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  • OPINION: Barney Smith, not Smith Barney

    OPINION: Barney Smith, not Smith Barney

    September 24, 2008 By Joelle Fishman

    The shockwaves from the financial crisis have left working class families in every part of the country in a state of great worry and fear. Over $100 billion of public money has been spent to bail...

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