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Warren’s Critics of Ahold’s CEO Paul Polman
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Warren’s Critics of Ahold’s CEO Paul Polman

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Helen

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders want to block a Kroger-Albertsons grocery empire’s multibillion dollar takeover of US food giant Ahold and its subsidiaries, and they're getting the job done. Since Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat...

I'm a UUA Member and I'm a UUA Member
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I’m a UUA Member and I’m a UUA Member

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Helen

Letters to the Editor: Think voting is easy? Talk to students and service workers I love all the efforts that go into the election and all the thought that goes into the election. I...

Sober Living Is Not "Live Sober"
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Sober Living Is Not “Live Sober”

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Abcarian: Is "California sober" a real thing, or just an excuse to keep getting high? The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has a whole page dedicated to the subject of "sober living": Sober...

New Zealand and New Zealand play to 1-1 draw in CONCACAF qualifier
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New Zealand and New Zealand play to 1-1 draw in CONCACAF qualifier

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U.S. World Cup worries grow, draw with Saudis in last tuneup before the tournament concludes By MELISSA DUNN Associated Press Last updated 2:17 PM ET WASILLA, N.B. — World Cup qualifying ended in a...

Usain Bolt Wins Olympic Gold in 400m Men's Race
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Usain Bolt Wins Olympic Gold in 400m Men’s Race

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Helen

Freestyle football great makes history with ninth world title on his home ground Jamaican-born world record holder and five-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt, is now in his ninth career Olympic Games and he has...

Newspapers Close in the Recession
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Newspapers Close in the Recession

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Helen

The Times' downtown L.A. printing facility will shut down in 2024 "as a result of the city's declining tax base and declining population." It's a statement of fact, not theory. The Times is expected...

How I Made a Career in Fashion
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How I Made a Career in Fashion

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This Designer’s ‘Historical and Significant’ Moment When I started doing fashion in the mid-’80s, I thought I was going to be a designer. As I grew older, a trend evolved where women who came...

Detroit is a city of despair
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Detroit is a city of despair

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Why Detroit Won’t Elect a Black Democrat to Congress Detroit, as you know, is a city without a Democratic Party of any kind. No one talks about that, and no one, except perhaps the...

WTA will not send Chinese women to Rio
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WTA will not send Chinese women to Rio

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WTA Tour set to return to China in 2023 following suspension over Peng Shuai situation In a bid to avoid a repeat of the scandal that saw the Peking University team suspended in June,...

Huntington Beach City Attorney Mike Barnett’s boss told him to shove it
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Huntington Beach City Attorney Mike Barnett’s boss told him to shove it

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City attorney with right-wing agenda fights for survival in increasingly blue Huntington Beach By Steve Rubenstein 28 December 2008 During his first week on the job, Huntington Beach city attorney Mike Barnett found himself...