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Think tank: holes in presidential candidates health care plans
January 23, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)--A think tank, the Commonwealth Fund, that assembled a task force of experts two years ago to examine United States health care and draft principles for a comprehensive and affordable health care system, says there...
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Good for GM, bad for the rest of us
January 23, 2008While the future is looking up for General Motors and its high-priced execs, it’s anything but good for workers, as the company is moving quickly to slash its labor expenses. Last week General Motors told Wall...
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Memphis strike points the way ‘Out of the wilderness and into the Promised Land’
January 22, 2008MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Two workers, sheltering themselves from a cold, torrential downpour in this Mississippi River port, were chewed up like trash in the back of a malfunctioning garbage truck. Thus began, in 1968, a long...
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Florida primaries put taxes, delegates on the line
January 22, 2008TALLAHASSEE—When Florida voters go to the polls here on Jan. 29 they will be asked to do more than vote for their choices among the Democratic or GOP contenders for the White House. They’ll also be...
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Gaza: So many tragedies in so little time
January 22, 2008RAFAH, Gaza—Where to start…, what to talk about…? The crippling electricity shortages, affecting hospitals as well as civilians? The air strikes & on-going, daily bombings by the Israeli army, their indiscriminate targeting of civilians and police...
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