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Racial gap widens among New Yorks unemployed
July 14, 2009According to new studies, unemployment among African Americans in New York City continues to increase at a higher pace than for whites, and the gap appears to be widening at an accelerating speed, says The New...
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US mining-giant employees ambushed in Indonesia
July 14, 2009Original source: Gunmen have ambushed employees of US mining giant Freeport in the Indonesian province of Papua, killing a security guard and wounding five others. The attack was mounted near the spot where police units were...
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Union leaders meet with Obama
July 14, 2009Union presidents are meeting with President Obama in the White House today where they are discussing the urgent need for health care reform with a public option, according to Gregory King, special assistant to Gerald McEntee,...
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COMMENTARY: Stop the presses! The CIA lied
July 14, 2009Oh my God! Stop the presses! Call out the fire brigade! Send in the Marines! Batten down the hatches! Boil some water! They have discovered that the CIA has lied to Congress! It concealed from congressional...
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Keep fighting for justice, says Lincoln Brigade veteran, 93
July 14, 2009PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Seventy-two years after he went to Spain to defend its republic against fascism, John Hovan was honored here by the government of Spain.
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