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NYC: Billionaire mayor wants to buy election
October 21, 2005News Analysis NEW YORK — Incumbent Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been portraying himself as a shoo-in during this election season, but his record-breaking campaign spending suggests his team may not be so certain of victory....
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Gulf residents demand living wages to rebuild
October 21, 2005Gulf Coast residents, victims of Hurricane Katrina, will rally in Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 29 to demand a reconstruction program that provides prevailing wages, housing, health care and quality public schools, not profiteering by Halliburton and...
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Iraq referendum shows shifting politics
October 21, 2005Final results of Iraq’s Oct. 15 constitutional referendum were delayed as an election commission re-examined very high yes or no votes in several areas.
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Baseball fans of Chicago unite!
October 21, 2005CHICAGO — The City of Broad Shoulders threw up its arms to celebrate the White Sox’s pennant victory Oct. 16. After winning the American League championship with their victory over the Los Angeles Angels, the local...
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Agreement near on local, state labor unity
October 21, 2005The struggle to preserve labor unity at state and local levels appeared to make some progress last week as the AFL-CIO and Change to Win federation reached an “agreement in principle” on implementing a “Solidarity Charter”...
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