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Massive Capitol Hill rally demands real health reform
June 27, 2009WASHINGTON -- Thousands of union members and ordinary citizens massed on Capitol Hill on Thursday to make their voices heard for a progressive health care reform with a public option. The crowd at the demonstration, organized...
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Victim forces 3 robbers to seek police help
June 27, 2009BEIJING, June 17 -- Three robbers had to get police help after their intended victim fought back with a knife in Foshan, Guangdong province, on Thursday. One of the suspects cried after the victim stabbed him....
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Greenland moves toward independence
June 27, 2009While much attention has been lavished on Latin America's move toward socialism and on the special role played by indigenous peoples in these struggles, similar advances have been taking place at the other end of the...
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Remembering Michael Jackson
June 26, 2009I think the first album I ever bought was by the Jackson Five. It was at a record store on Hillman and Kenmore Street in Youngstown, Ohio, and I rushed home to jam to the bubble...
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Pressure grows to resolve Illinois state budget crisis
June 26, 2009Chicago — With the clock ticking toward a “doomsday budget” that would devastate state services and cause massive layoffs, six thousand union members, seniors, children, social service agency workers and their clients flooded the Illinois statehouse...
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