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Crowd to Calif. gov: Dont let our state go up in smoke!
July 16, 2009SAN FRANCISCO ― “Cutting services is not a quick fix. We need to tax the big oil companies, we need to restore the vehicle license tax. We need to increase revenues, we can’t live off cutting...
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COMMENTARY Hepatitis C silent but deadly
July 16, 2009As we get older, we tend to get tired sooner than in our younger days and find ourselves tacking naps, we also have the occasional lapse of memory and joint pain. For most, these symptoms of...
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Ironworkers build more than just buildings, they build communities
July 16, 2009Ohio Ironworkers offer career training The following is reprinted from the Ohio AFL-CIO newsletter with permission. “Yea, Grampa, we know. You built that building.” In many households across Ohio and the country, that statement has been...
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Community groups slam banks, back consumer agency
July 16, 2009ST. LOUIS -- Darryl Moore, a local ACORN member, pointed up at the Wells Fargo-Wachovia Securities building here on July 14 and told the World: 'They're sticking us up. They're using our tax dollars to pay...
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Senate committee advances health reform
July 16, 2009A public option as part of health reform cleared a major legislative hurdle today, July 15, with passage of the Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All Americans Act in the Senate HELP Committee. The bill would...
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