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Underfunding, one-person crews share responsibility for deadly Amtrak crash
June 5, 2015"It strains our collective memory to think of a case where we attack a problem by defunding it when we want a positive outcome."
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Venezuela: two in custody in murder of Bolivarian legislator
June 5, 2015Last year, Robert Serra was murdered in his apartment in Caracas, along with Maria Herrera, his companion and political helper.
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Today in history: first AIDS cases reported in 1981
June 5, 2015In its earliest phase, very little was known about transmission, and public anxiety grew, sometimes reaching hysterical proportions.
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TPP’s evil twin advances in European Parliament
June 4, 2015The legislative arm of the European Union approved a position statement backing, with modifications, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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It’s official! LA City Council votes hike in minimum wage to $15
June 4, 2015On July 1, 2016, the minimum wage will go up to $10.50, and continue to increase gradually until 2020, when it hits $15 an hour.
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