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  • Got money?

    Got money?

    August 16, 2008

    State budget gaps spreading, reports say Like pollutants spreading through a food chain, the consequences of the country’s economic crisis are multiplying in state budgets around the nation. Bush administration policies have made the crisis worse....

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  • Black American swimmer wins Olympic gold, historic first

    Black American swimmer wins Olympic gold, historic first

    August 16, 2008 By Diane Mohney

    Cullen Jones, only the second African-American to make the U.S. Olympic Swim Team, is the second African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal for his performance in the team’s 4 x 100 freestyle relay. Amid...

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  • FDR grandson: Happy Birthday, Social Security!

    FDR grandson: Happy Birthday, Social Security!

    August 15, 2008

    Groups take on McCain privatization plan WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Aug. 14, marks the 73rd anniversary of the day the Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In recognition of the...

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  • Latino voters on the rise for Obama

    Latino voters on the rise for Obama

    August 15, 2008

    There is no doubt about it. Nov. 4 could ultimately change the face of American politics and its Latino voters who will arguably make the difference. Latinos are expected to make voter history as one of...

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  • One more pothole

    One more pothole

    August 15, 2008

    BERLIN — A former top leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been saved from expulsion and possible disgrace and Germany’s oldest party, founded in 1863. Wolfgang Clement, 68, has huffed and puffed its way...

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