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Slice of life Cuban-style
February 23, 2010The following slideshow shows just a small slice of life in Cuba, an island that is just 90 miles from U.S. shores, yet very few Americans are allowed to go there because of the U.S. travel...
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Republican hypocrisy on Recovery Act runs rampant
February 23, 2010Not on single Republican voted to pass President Obama's economic recovery act in February 2009, but now they are all trying to get a piece of it.
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Black farmers settlement is “win for all family farmers”
February 23, 2010Willie Adams, a Black farmer in Greene County, Ga., hailed President Obama's $1.25 billion proposed settlement of a lawsuit by Black farmers demanding compensation for 80 years of racist discrimination in federal farm loan programs.
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Dying for health care, suburbanites sit in to “get it done!”
February 23, 2010WILLOWBROOK, Ill. - Sixty-eight Americans die prematurely every day because they can't get access to health care coverage.
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At the last minute, supermarket janitors win contract
February 23, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - On the eve of a scheduled strike vote, the janitors who keep Safeway supermarkets clean around northern California have won a new contract preserving their health and pension benefits and raising the base...
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