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  • In Massachusetts: Same-sex couples set to wed in May

    In Massachusetts: Same-sex couples set to wed in May

    April 9, 2004

    Despite potential setbacks, gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed in the state of Massachusetts in a matter of weeks. On May 17 marriage licenses will be issued to same-sex partners, the result of...

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  • Voters say No to Wal-Mart

    Voters say No to Wal-Mart

    April 9, 2004

    By a 60 percent vote, residents of Inglewood, Calif., rejected a ballot initiative April 6 that would have given Wal-Mart Corp. carte blanche to ignore zoning, traffic and environmental regulations to build a mega-store in their...

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  • Best health insurance deal in the United States

    Best health insurance deal in the United States

    April 2, 2004 By David Lawrence

    I want to tell you about the best health insurance deal in the United States, bar none. Here it is: The purchaser pays $35 per month. In return he or she gets ...

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  • School budget battle looms in New York

    School budget battle looms in New York

    April 2, 2004

    BUFFALO, N.Y. – As the deadline for New York’s 2004-5 budget approaches, education rights activists are demanding the state find money to comply with last year’s ruling that every child be provided with a “meaningful high...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    April 2, 2004

    APPLETON, Wis.:Protesters vow to ‘disappear’ Bush Bush arrived in the home town of the Houdini Museum March 30 to pick up campaign contributions and convince the Republican faithful that 83,000 jobs did not vanish in Wisconsin...

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