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PITTSBURGH: Flowers of peace for Mother’s Day LAS VEGAS: Clergy rally to bring the troops home ST. PAUL, Minn.: 3M pays $13 million for cleanup MARION, Ala.: Trooper indicted for 1965 shooting of civil rights activist
LETTERS
Life and death Name correction Just say ‘no’ to monarchy Liked ‘China Study’ article Germany not quite tops From one gun owner to another
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Terrorist group targets Latinos WASHINGTON: Impeach Cheney, say lawmakers JUNEAU, Alaska: Oil company buys tax breaks
Canada steelworkers occupy plant
When 30 Canadian steelworkers who had taken over their plant on May 3 looked out the windows, they saw hundreds of supporters cheering them on.
Letters
IFCO profits from immigrant labor; Bottomless pit?; On supremacy; Suggestion; More on transgender issues; HR 676 groundswell; Fireflies
Help
Charity. Compassion. Generosity. Solidarity. Whatever you call it, “help” is loaded with complicated emotions. My parents were part of the World War II generation, and it sure didn’t seem like they needed much of it. Mortgages were cheap, jobs with benefits were plentiful, and saving was possible.
Sago Mine families grill company officials
While an unprecedented public hearing on the Jan. 2 explosion inside the Sago Mine reached no definitive conclusions, it showed that the surviving families know more about mining coal safely than the International Coal Group’s owners and executives.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.: ‘Missouri needs a raise’ BALTIMORE: Marching to end the death penalty RUSSELLVILLE, Ala.: Klan burns cross against immigrants
U.S. labor group defies ban on Cuba travel
The U.S. Treasury Department recently issued a “cease and desist order” to the U.S. – Cuba Labor Exchange because of that organization’s plan to send a delegation to Cuba at the end of April. The group went anyway, despite threatened criminal charges.
Letters
Leaving a haunting legacy; Great job with real news; Help Iraqi kids; Don’t raise retirement age; What about here at home?; Looking for Hawaii info
