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  • Letters – Feb. 23, 2008

    Letters – Feb. 23, 2008

    February 22, 2008

    Numerology? It occurred to me that from the end of George Washington’s presidency (1800) to the end of Lincoln’s (l865) is 65 years. From the end of Lincoln’s to the beginning of FDR’s (1932) is 67...

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  • Fewer guns, less violence

    Fewer guns, less violence

    February 22, 2008

    Our deepest condolences go to the families and communities who recently lost loved ones to the epidemic of gun violence across this country. We share the dismay and outrage of Americans everywhere over the lives shockingly...

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  • Beef that could kill you!

    Beef that could kill you!

    February 22, 2008

    Parents around the country are trying to find out if any of the meat involved in the biggest beef recall in U.S. history found its way into their children’s school lunches, or still might show up...

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  • U.S. labor leaders to Bush: No trade deal with murderers

    U.S. labor leaders to Bush: No trade deal with murderers

    February 22, 2008

    Top labor leaders ended a trip to Colombia Feb. 13 by telling that country’s president, Alvaro Uribe, American unions will not support the U.S.–Colombia Free Trade Agreement until the killing of union members by right-wing death...

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  • Janitors kick off contract campaign

    Janitors kick off contract campaign

    February 22, 2008

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Janitors represented by Service Employees International Union held coordinated actions around California late last week as they kicked off their campaign to win new union master contracts covering workers in southern and northern...

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