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Latino children suffer most in foreclosure crisis, report says
February 17, 2010Latino children and families who lost their homes due to foreclosure suffer long-term psychological and social trauma, according to a new report.
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U.S., Iran engage in new round of jockeying
February 17, 2010Iran's president declared his country can produce nuclear weapons fuel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, and the White House grapples with policy options.
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Health public option springs back to life
February 17, 2010A group of influential Democratic senators called yesterday on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include the public option in the reconciliation process on health care reform.
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Steelworkers call for Civil Rights 2.0: A youth-led jobs revolution
February 17, 2010A ringing call for a new militant Civil Rights movement "2.0" centered on the fight for jobs was recently made by leaders of the United Steelworkers, Leo W. Gerard and Fred Redmond.
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Movies, not bombs, are state’s biggest job-creation program since WWII
February 17, 2010SANTA FE, N.M. - A film and media day here this month spotlighted the massive job-creating potential of movies and the arts. The film industry is this state's "biggest job creation program since the Manhattan Project,"...
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