Virgil Goode is the congressman for Virginia’s conservative 5th district. One would expect that it would elect conservative representatives to Congress, but there is no law requiring it to elect fools. 
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Murió Augusto Pinochet. Por 17 años él dirigió un de las dictaduras más sangrientas del mundo con miles de muertos, torturados y desaparecidos.
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NEW YORK — “No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!” protesters chanted Dec. 6 as they rallied in Manhattan’s Foley Square. The event was planned months in advance to bring attention to the issue of police brutality in New York City. But following the shooting death of groom-to-be 23-year-old Sean Bell, the event took on new meaning and urgency.
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MINNEAPOLIS — The success of the Keith Ellison congressional campaign here was noteworthy from several perspectives.
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So, let’s link two recent financial stories: household debt continues to climb, topping out at 24 percent of household; annual bonuses to the employees of five major investment banks will total $36 billion this year, or an average of over $200,000 a piece.
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As 2006 winds down, two court victories were racked up for civil liberties against the Bush administration’s authoritarian policies. More such triumphs are likely.
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HOUSTON — In the wild, wild west of Texas politics, Republicans have set a new standard since the November election.
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Fifty bullets. One bullet can kill a person — imagine what 50 did to 21-year-old Sean Bell and his two friends. What happened to these three unarmed young men on Nov. 25 in Queens, N.Y., is a horror, a tragedy — and a crime.
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HOUSTON — In the wild, wild west of Texas politics, Republicans have set a new standard since the November election.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — In response to Eve Enseler’s feminist “Vagina Monologues,” a series of theatrical vignettes on the theme of contemporary women’s gender and social oppression, South Asian Sisters, a California-based group, developed “Yoni Ki Baat” (“Talks of the Vagina”).
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