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  • Cuba: in the eye of Ike

    Cuba: in the eye of Ike

    September 10, 2008

    HAVANA -- All day we've been increasingly getting the 'hurricane sky.” That's when the sky gets full of darkening clouds that appear as if you're looking at the bottom of a huge drum top, and they...

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  • Thousands take back Labor Day at festival during GOP convention

    Thousands take back Labor Day at festival during GOP convention

    September 10, 2008 By Barb Kucera

    Many of the thousands of young people gathered at Harriet Island in the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 1 probably never heard of folk musician Woody Guthrie or labor organizer Joe Hill, but...

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  • No one died! Cuba and hurricane solidarity

    No one died! Cuba and hurricane solidarity

    September 10, 2008 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

    The most destructive hurricane in 50 years hit western Cuba Aug. 30 with gusts up to 212 mph — the strongest ever recorded during any hurricane anywhere, according to head meteorologist Jose Rubiera.

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  • Its time for Doctor Obama

    Its time for Doctor Obama

    September 10, 2008

    CHICAGO – The 45-foot long, 28-ton, clean bio-diesel powered museum on wheels known as the “Bush Legacy Bus” is making a cross-country tour and made a downtown stop here during a Sept. 8th rally led by...

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  • Machinists endorse Obama for president

    Machinists endorse Obama for president

    September 9, 2008

    LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today delivered a full-throated endorsement for Barack Obama following a personal appeal from New York Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton at the union's...

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