National
Taxation and you: Obama vs. McCain
September 17, 2008The numbers are finally in! John McCain’s Double Talk Express has been hitting Barack Obama hard at every opportunity spreading all kinds of misinformation about his tax plan. According to McCain, Obama’s tax plan will mean...
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Vote suppression, ‘dirty tricks’ target key states
September 17, 2008The AFL-CIO has launched a new voting rights protection program to help protect working-class voters against dirty tricks in the fall elections. My Vote, My Right aims 'to ensure votes cast at the ballot box are...
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Hillary Clinton in Ohio: No way, no how, no McCain, no Palin
September 17, 2008ELYRIA, Ohio — Hammering “failed Republican economic policies,” Sen. Hillary Clinton rallied 1,000 cheering residents of Lorain County to go all out to elect Barack Obama president. Speaking in the packed lobby of Lorain Community College...
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I dont like Ike
September 15, 2008HOUSTON – Hurricane Ike slammed into the Houston-Galveston area at about 2:10 a.m. CDT on Sept. 13. At the time of landfall, it was a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 110 mph. By comparison,...
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Expecting shortages, Citgo requests crude from U.S. reserves
September 15, 2008Citgo Petroleum Corporation sent a formal request Sept. 14 to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for 1 million barrels of crude oil.
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