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Bison slaughter brings stampede of outrage
February 18, 2014Yellowstone National Park is rounding up bison to be slaughtered, and people ranging from Native Americans to animal rights activists are calling Yellowstone out on it.
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Venezuela’s Bolivarian government defends against rightist violence
February 18, 2014Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is facing its biggest challenge since his electoral victory on April 14, 2013 - still unrecognized by the U.S. government.
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Labor launches campaign to raise wages across America
February 18, 2014We are declaring here and now that the labor movement is going to focus like a laser beam on raising wages for all American workers, union and non-union," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters today.
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UAW: Volkswagen setback will not deter union organizing
February 17, 2014The nation's labor leaders say that America's workers and their unions will not be deterred by the setback at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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West Virginia hit by another chemical spill
February 14, 2014About 108,000 gallons of waste from a coal processing facility leaked into a tributary of the Kanawha River on Feb. 11, polluting 6 miles of Fields Creek. The waste includes all manner of toxic chemicals and...
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