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  • Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid

    November 19, 2008

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn't survive a conviction...

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  • Cuba survives third major hurricane, this time Paloma

    Cuba survives third major hurricane, this time Paloma

    November 19, 2008

    Aida Perez, 44 years old, was waiting out Hurricane Paloma with her two daughters in a dormitory at the University of Camaguey inland, along with 900 others from Santa Cruz del Sur, a small city on...

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  • Studs Terkel, an Everyman who loved people

    Studs Terkel, an Everyman who loved people

    November 19, 2008

    TUCSON -- I’ve been listening to various tributes about Studs Terkel, and, because he’s someone I met a few times and thought very highly of, I wanted to take a minute to make my own. I’m...

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  • World unions: Time for a global economic fix is now

    World unions: Time for a global economic fix is now

    November 18, 2008

    Unions representing workers in the 20 most economically powerful nations called on world leaders Nov. 14 to take urgent action to prevent a global depression by radically changing the way the global economy is run and...

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  • Lost Thunder: BLM preparing to execute 30,000 wild horses

    Lost Thunder: BLM preparing to execute 30,000 wild horses

    November 18, 2008

    The 30,000 wild horses on Death Row are nearly out of appeals. They were condemned by the Government Accounting Office just in time for Veteran's Day - a profoundly cynical act when you consider that countless...

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