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Hong Kong reports first second-generation A/H1N1 flu case
June 11, 2009Two people were tested positive for A/H1N1 flu virus in Hong Kong on Wednesday, one of which did not involve travel history and was regarded as a second-generation case, local health authority announced here.
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Holocaust Museum shooter had close ties to prominent neo-Nazis
June 11, 2009Original source: Southern Poverty Law Center Law enforcement officials have identified the suspect in the Holocaust Museum shootings as James Wenneker von Brunn, born in 1920, from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. D.C. Police Spokeswoman Traci...
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Health care now fight rages on Capitol Hill
June 11, 2009WASHINGTON — The fight for universal health care is raging on Capitol Hill with grassroots activists and progressive lawmakers making clear they will not support anything less than reform that provides a strong public option like...
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Three dead, 38 injured in food plant explosion
June 11, 2009GARNER, N.C. – The bodies of three workers missing after an explosion that caused the collapse of the ConAgra Slim Jim plant here have been discovered, according to police. The only victim identified thus far is...
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Globe workers vow to fight pay cut, file labor complaint
June 11, 2009Leaders of the Boston Newspaper Guild filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board June 9 challenging a 23 percent wage cut issued by the Boston Globe and its owner The New York Times Company....
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