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Anti-immigrant politician provokes crisis
July 27, 2007SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — This populous suburban/rural county on eastern Long Island, on the outskirts of the New York City metropolitan area, has a large and increasingly politicized immigrant population. Lately, they have often found themselves...
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Venceremos Brigade challenges U.S. travel ban
July 27, 2007Sixty Americans have just returned from a Venceremos Brigade trip to Cuba, challenging the U.S. ban on travel to the socialist nation. No such ban exists for travel to any other country. The delegation of 60...
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Texans greet long overdue minimum wage hike
July 27, 2007HOUSTON — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) held a special press conference July 22 at the Christian Rescue Mission Church in the heart of the 3rd Ward, near this city’s downtown, to celebrate the first increase...
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NATIONAL CLIPS July 28
July 27, 2007DES MOINES, Iowa: Voters ratchet up pressure for Iraq withdrawal Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley probably thought coming home meant family picnics with sweet corn, instead of scores of constituents outside his home office windows, July 18,...
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NYC steam explosion seen as warning
July 27, 2007NEW YORK (AP) — With a blast that made skyscrapers tremble, an 83-year-old steam pipe sent a powerful message that the miles of tubes, wires and iron beneath New York and other U.S. cities are getting...
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