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EDITORIAL: Safe skies? Not with nukes
September 14, 2007Ever since the Cold War ended, successive U.S. administrations have warned repeatedly about the dangers of unsecured nuclear weapons. But just before Labor Day an incident occurred which calls into question the kind of security the...
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New ID card unifies the Elm City
September 14, 2007NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The big success of the Elm City Residents Card, which has received an overwhelmingly positive response here, has also become a model for other cities. The history of the new ID card...
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HIV financing: backwards and deadly
September 14, 2007As Michael Moore puts it, there is a lot “sicko” with our health care system. In many cases, it is with the AIDS epidemic where our system’s most profound injustices and inefficiencies are brought fully into...
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Students and teachers back university strike
September 14, 2007MINNEAPOLIS — Members of four locals of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) representing 3,500 clerical, technical and health care workers at the University of Minnesota walked out Sept. 5 over pay...
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BP weighed costs of refinery blast
September 14, 2007HOUSTON — In the ongoing litigation against BP following the March 2005 blast at the company’s Texas City oil refinery that killed 15 workers, a lawyer for some of the victims has produced an internal memo...
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