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Wall Streets role in the immigration debate
June 8, 2007News Analysis The Senate “Grand Bargain” immigration bill ensures that immigration will be a major legislative issue this year. President Bush, with Wall Street backing, is pushing hard for a policy that would legalize undocumented workers...
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Dont go to Farmer Joes, unionists urge
June 8, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — When a business has a growth spurt and expands its workforce tenfold, one might think the owners would appreciate the workers’ role in their success. But last summer, as the organic grocery Farmer...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
June 8, 2007BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Thousands celebrate at Juneteenth festival Buses from New York, Georgia and Louisiana joined thousands of Alabamans of all races to celebrate freedom and emancipation at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s 12th Annual Juneteenth celebration,...
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Oil company price gouging provokes fightback
June 8, 2007WASHINGTON — Anger over skyrocketing gasoline prices is turning to fightback with more than 570,768 people signing an online petition to the U.S. Senate demanding that they approve a bill that makes gasoline price gouging a...
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Court to women: Equal pay, no way
June 8, 2007Question: What court ruled recently that paying women less is OK as long as you don’t get caught for 180 days? Answer: The Supreme Court of the United States. Question: What court laid out a blueprint...
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