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Capitalists caught misusing immigration law

November 25, 2009

DALLAS — A giant construction project for a bridge across the Trinity River is costing a fortune, helping no one and may not go anywhere.

In economic crisis, ordinary people create solutions

November 25, 2009 By Michael Robert Langdon

"We the people" - Local communities are creating human networks of food banks, community gardens, medical clinics, telephone hotlines and more.

Clergy deliver prayers to Sen. Joe Lieberman

November 25, 2009 By Tom Connolly

An interfaith group of clergy and supporters rallied at Sen. Joe Lieberman's Hartford office Tuesday to present hundreds of personal prayers in support of health care reform.

Francisco “Paco” Rodriguez, Chicago boxer dies after brutal fight

November 25, 2009

The boxing community here is mourning the death of Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez, 25, who died over the weekend due to repeated blows to the head after a brutal boxing match in Philadelphia.

World Notes: Cuba, Western Sahara, Afghanistan, Philippines, South Africa, Haiti

November 24, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuba: Children a privileged class In televised comments on the 20th anniversary of the UN adoption of a Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF official José Juan Ortiz indicated that of nine million children...