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We will take New Orleans back
November 9, 2007NEW ORLEANS — It’s back to school time every fall all across America: you pack their lunches and send the kids off to school. Unless you live here. Two years after Katrina tore through the mouth...
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NATIONAL CLIPS: November 10
November 9, 2007CHARLESTON, W.Va.: Protest demands hate crime charge HOUSTON: Commit a racist act, lose your job EVANSVILLE, Ind.: Voters ‘step up’ to halt climate change ATLANTA: Majority of Southern students are poor
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Civil liberties advocates urge defeat of Mukasey
November 9, 2007WASHINGTON — Defenders of the Bill of Rights called on the U.S. Senate, Nov. 6, to reject Michael Mukasey, President Bush’s choice to replace the disgraced Alberto Gonzales for U.S. attorney general. They cited Judge Mukasey’s...
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Senate defies Bush, approves childrens health care bill
November 9, 2007WASHINGTON — The Senate defied President Bush, Nov. 2, and approved for a third time a new version of the SCHIP children’s health care program by a 64-30 vote. Meanwhile, House leaders struggled to win over...
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Children suffer in immigration raids
November 9, 2007For every two people detained in immigration enforcement operations, one child is left behind, according to a recent report, “Paying the Price: The impact of Immigration Raids on America’s Children,” released by the National Council of...
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