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A shrimp boat captain worries and waits
May 14, 2010CHALMETTE, La. - Sixty miles off the Gulf of Mexico, the shrimpers and the people who work for them worry and wait in a world of hurt.
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Weathering racial storms, Lena Horne rose above
May 12, 2010Lena Horne, an African American pioneer who fought for equality as an artist-activist, died May 9 at age 92. She is remembered as a crusader for civil rights and a symbol of black pride.
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Vale Inco declares war on striking steelworkers
May 12, 2010Last week mediated talks broke off between United Steelworkers Local 6500 and Vale Inco, the giant Brazilian owned transnational mining company, at two mines in Ontario, Canada.
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Health reform law still a big deal
May 12, 2010A package arrived for me yesterday - something I ordered a while ago and then forgot about - my "Health Reform is a BFD" t-shirt! (Remember that: Joe Biden's muttered comment about just exactly how big...
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Administration urged to work with Cuba on oil disaster, protecting Gulf
May 12, 2010"The Deepwater Horizon disaster underscores the need to be talking to Cuba about protecting our shared environment," the director of a U.S.-Cuba policy group says.
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