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  • Cheney receives face transplant; now has three faces

    Cheney receives face transplant; now has three faces

    December 9, 2005

    Unveils newest face on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ Vice President Dick Cheney received a face transplant over the weekend, bringing his total number of faces to three, a spokesman for Cheney confirmed today. The vice president...

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  • N.Y. transit: countdown to a contract

    N.Y. transit: countdown to a contract

    December 9, 2005

    NEW YORK — As of this writing there has been little progress in contract negotiations between Transit Workers Union Local 100, which represents some 34,000 workers who operate the New York City Transit system, and their...

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  • Residents seek justice from Yale-New Haven Hospital

    Residents seek justice from Yale-New Haven Hospital

    December 9, 2005

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The wheels of justice are turning here. Large numbers of community and labor activists, clergy and elected officials are expected to march on Yale-New Haven Hospital Dec. 13 to mark the first...

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  • Community residents say no to condos; Pilsen is not for sale

    Community residents say no to condos; Pilsen is not for sale

    December 9, 2005

    CHICAGO — Victoria Romero, 34, is a lifelong resident of Chicago’s Pilsen community, a predominantly Mexican American neighborhood. Her parents migrated to Chicago in the 1950s from Mexico. The Pilsen community was once known as the...

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  • Canadas Communists launch election campaign

    Canadas Communists launch election campaign

    December 9, 2005

    The Communist Party of Canada announced Nov. 28 that it will campaign on a platform for peace, jobs, democracy and sovereignty in the coming federal election, now expected on Jan. 23. The party will be running...

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