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Farm workers demand action on Parkinsons threat from pesticides
January 13, 2006LOS ANGELES (PAI) — Following published revelations that excessive exposure to pesticides increases the incidence of Parkinson’s disease, the United Farm Workers are demanding the federal Environmental Protection Agency act against the threat. With a petition...
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D for dud
January 13, 2006We received the following response to our Nov. 19-25 column, “Medicare Part D is a dog,” by Beatrice Lumpkin. This letter points out that the automatic enrollment in Part D of all Medicaid patients has some...
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Jury to Wal-Mart: No free lunch hour
January 13, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. (PAI) — There’s an old right-wing economists’ saying, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Well, a jury here has turned that around and told Wal-Mart that there’s no such thing as a...
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Returned Abramoff donations erase national debt
January 13, 2006Lawmakers scramble to shed trillions in tainted cash Politicians in Washington hurried today to dump trillions of dollars worth of campaign donations from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, giving the money to the Treasury Department and all...
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Labor opposes Alito nomination
January 13, 2006WASHINGTON (PAI) — The nation’s two labor federations have joined the broad coalition opposing President George W. Bush’s nomination of federal judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a letter to senators, AFL-CIO President...
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