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Nurses and lawmakers resume push for financial transactions tax
April 9, 2014National Nurses United and the Congressional Progressive Caucus relaunched their drive for a financial transactions tax.
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Key lawmaker warns highway-mass transit money is running out
April 9, 2014Money to repair the nation's crumbling roads and rehab its creaky mass transit lines will run out by July, a key lawmaker on budget issues warns.
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Today in eco-history: Wild Kingdom host Jim Fowler born
April 9, 2014Naturalist Jim Fowler was born today. He was part of the groundbreaking wildlife television show called "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" from 1963-1988.
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Venezuela crisis is different this time, mostly
April 9, 2014Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's socialist-inclined government have been in the streets and causing disturbances since earlier February.
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Senate Republicans block equal pay bill
April 9, 2014GOP senators today killed the Paycheck Fairness Act, a mini-version of which President Obama ordered into existence yesterday for employees of federal contractors.
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