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Crowd honors photographers tossed out by the Sun Times
June 14, 2013"I never knew until today," he said, as he looked out over the crowd, "that you can fly with a broken wing; our spirits may be wounded, but our hearts continue to smile."
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Events around U.S. mark 32nd anniversary of Oscar Lopez Rivera
June 14, 2013Supporters of Puerto Rican independentist Oscar Lopez Rivera marked the 32nd anniversary of his imprisonment.
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Public workers say, fair contracts for all
June 14, 2013Thousands of union public workers and their supporters turned out on Wednesday at New York's City Hall park under the slogan "Workers Count, Workers Vote!"
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Trumka says a worldwide New Deal is needed
June 14, 2013Europe's present experience, past world history, and U.S. federal budget cutting show that "austerity doesn't work" as a way to pull the U.S. and the world out of the Great Recession.
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Today in labor history: First commercial computer installed in U.S.
June 14, 2013UNIVAC I, was installed at the U.S. Census Bureau (which paid for much of the development) on June 14, 1951. UNIVAC is an acronym for UNIVersal Automatic Computer.
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