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2006 General News
Task Force hails passage of New Jersey bill prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and expression
- By: The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- 12/14/2006
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Can We Improve Affirmative Action?
- By: TIME
- 12/11/2006
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Akaka: Ruling Bodes Well for Recognition
- By: starbulletin.com
- 12/06/2006
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Back to the Supreme Court: racial balance in schools
- By: Christian Science Monitor
- 12/04/2006
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Decision could prohibit use of race as school enrollment factor
- By: San Franciso Chronicle
- 12/04/2006
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Detroit eyes Supreme Court cases
- By: Detroit Free Press
- 12/04/2006
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Op-Ed: A Slide Toward Segregation
- By: <I>Washington Post</I>
- 11/29/2006
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Court Hears Pay-Discrimination Case
- By: <i>USA Today</i>
- 11/27/2006
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Officials Clash Over Mentally Ill in Florida Jails
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 11/15/2006
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Church Meets State: What Impact Has the Religious Right Actually Had on Public Policy?
- By: <I>Newsweek</I>
- 11/13/2006
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Michigan Rejects Affirmative Action, and Backers Sue
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 11/09/2006
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Voters Reject Abortion, Gay Marriage Ban
- By: <I>Chicago Tribune</I>
- 11/08/2006
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The Roberts Court Takes on Abortion
- By: The New York Times
- 11/06/2006
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KKK Backing Welcomed: Prop 2 Leader Says He'll Take Support Wherever He Can Get It To End Affirmative Action
- By: <I>The Detroit News</I>
- 11/04/2006
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Medicaid Wants Citizenship Proof for Infant Care
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 11/03/2006
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Justices Challenge EPA's Arguments in Clean Air Act Case
- By: washingtonpost.com
- 11/02/2006
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Federal Judge Blocks Pa. Town Crackdown
- By: The Associated Press
- 11/01/2006
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Pollution Control Case Goes Before High Court
- By: newsobserver.com
- 11/01/2006
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Special-Ed Financing Goes Before Court
- By: AP/<I>Seattle Times</I>
- 10/31/2006
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Money Trails to the Federal Bench
- By: Center for Investigative Reporting and Salon.com
- 10/31/2006
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U.S. Hiring Standards Get Left at Border
- By: <I>Chicago Tribune</I>
- 10/30/2006
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A Study Links Trucks’ Exhaust to Bronx Schoolchildren’s Asthma
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 10/30/2006
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State Lags on Voting Machines for Disabled
- By: boston.com
- 10/30/2006
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Same-Sex Marriage Ban in Virginia Faces Opposition
- By: civilrights.org
- 10/30/2006
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Op-Ed: Workers' Rights Are About Dignity As Much As Wages
- By: The Progressive
- 10/27/2006
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New Jersey Court Backs Rights for Same-Sex Unions
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 10/25/2006
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New Labor Regulations May Prevent Workers from Organizing
- By: civilrights.org
- 10/23/2006
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Scalia Sees Shift in Court's Role
- By: The Wahington Post
- 10/23/2006
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Racists on the Ballot: Hard-Right Radicals Run in 2006
- By: alternet.org
- 10/20/2006
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Ground Zero of Affirmative Action Issue: As Michigan Voters Decide Whether Gender, Race Should Be Factors in Jobs and Admissions, the Outcome Could Affect the National Debate
- By: chicagotribune.com
- 10/19/2006
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School Colors: Students Say Coded ID Tags Reinforce Divisive Labels Instead Of Creating Community Identities
- By: washingtonpost.com
- 10/18/2006
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Religious Groups Join the Fight to Save Affirmative Action in Michigan
- By: civilrights.org
- 10/18/2006
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Study Finds Race Disparity in Breast Cancer Mortality Rates
- By: chicagotribune.com
- 10/17/2006
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Scalia Defends "Constitutional" Approach in Debate with ACLU President
- By: Jurist
- 10/17/2006
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Op-Ed: Legal Legacy
- By: <I>The Nation</I>
- 10/12/2006
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Court Blocks Arizona Voter ID Law Enforcement
- By: Reuters
- 10/05/2006
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Roberts Court May Be Defined in Second Term
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 10/02/2006
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Op-Ed: "Who's Court Is It Anyway?"
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 10/02/2006
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Justices to Hear Abortion, Integration Cases
- By: washingtonpost.com
- 10/01/2006
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Should State Haul Big Oil and Auto Giants to Court?
- By: <I>Sacramento Bee</I>
- 10/01/2006
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Blacks Take Education into Their Own Hands
- By: <i>San Francisco Chronicle</I>
- 09/25/2006
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Ban on New Forest Roads Upheld by Federal Judge
- By: <I>LA Times</I>
- 09/21/2006
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Harvard Ends Early Admission
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 09/12/2006
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Officials Reach California Deal to Cut Emissions
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 08/31/2006
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Bush Asks Top U.S. Court to Reject Race-Based School Assigning
- By: bloomberg.com
- 08/24/2006
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Judge Rejects Plan to Allow Tree Clearing in Monument
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 08/23/2006
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Church Fires Teacher for Being Female
- By: Associate Press
- 08/21/2006
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Diversity Brings Breadth to U.S. History
- By: boston.com
- 08/20/2006
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Op-Ed - Help Wanted: Qualified Judges
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 08/15/2006
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Study Finds Disparities in Judges’ Asylum Rulings
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 07/31/2006
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Senate Removes Abortion Option for Young Girls
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 07/26/2006
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Borrowing Language of Civil Rights Movement, Drive Is On to Unionize Guards
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 07/26/2006
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Op-Ed About No Child Left Behind Act: Demanding vs. Doing
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 07/26/2006
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Not Just Black And White: New Efforts Look More Deeply Into Racial Comparisons of Health Care
- By: washingtonpost.com
- 07/25/2006
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Are FEMA Trailers 'Toxic Tin Cans'? Private testing finds high levels of formaldehyde; residents report illnesses
- By: MSNBC
- 07/24/2006
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Stem Cell Work Gets States' Aid After Bush Veto
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 07/24/2006
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Panel Chides Bush on Bypassing Laws: ABA group cites limits to power
- By: <I>Boston Globe</I>
- 07/24/2006
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Civil Rights Hiring Shifted in the Bush Era
- By: <I>Boston Globe</I>
- 07/23/2006
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After 5 Years of Saying No, Bush Accepts Invite to NAACP Meeting
- By: <i>USA Today</i>
- 07/19/2006
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Op-Ed - Arrest Immigrants, Flood the Courts: Congress is Blind to What a Border Crackdown Would Do to the Overworked Judiciary
- By: <I>LA Times</I>
- 07/16/2006
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The Rule of Law: Recognizing the Power of the Courts, Finally (Op-Ed)
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 07/12/2006
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GOP turns its focus to N. Korea, terror
- By: Boston Globe
- 07/10/2006
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Op-Ed: The Fragile Kennedy Court
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 07/07/2006
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Medicaid Rule Called a Threat to Millions
- By: <I>Washington Post</I>
- 06/30/2006
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House Defeats Attack on Voting Rights Protections
- By: civilrights.org
- 06/29/2006
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U.S. Emits Half of World's Car-Caused Greenhouse Gas, Study Says
- By: <I>LA Times</i>
- 06/28/2006
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Top court affirms sex discrimination award
- By: AP
- 06/22/2006
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Top court sides with gov't in duress case
- By: AP
- 06/22/2006
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Top court rules against illegal immigrant
- By: AP
- 06/22/2006
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Pentagon Lists Homosexuality as Disorder
- By: AP
- 06/20/2006
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Justices Divided on Protections Over Wetlands
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 06/20/2006
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Supreme Court Limits Clean Water Act
- By: SCOTUSblog
- 06/19/2006
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Top Court Won't Block Part of Drug Program
- By: AP
- 06/19/2006
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High Court Reaffirms Parolees' Searches
- By: AP
- 06/19/2006
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Top Court Adds 2nd Abortion Case to Docket
- By: AP
- 06/19/2006
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Alito Vote Loosens Limits on Evidence
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 06/15/2006
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Judge Rules That U.S. Has Broad Powers to Detain Noncitizens Indefinitely
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 06/15/2006
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Signing Statements and the President's Authority to Refuse to Enforce the Law
- By: American Constitution Society
- 06/15/2006
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California State High Court to Hear Lesbian's Case: Doctors Denied Her Infertility Treatment on Religious Grounds
- By: <I>San Francisco Chronicle</I>
- 06/15/2006
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Human Rights Commission to Study Advertising Industry's Hiring Practices
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 06/13/2006
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EPA Rule Loosened After Oil Chief's Letter to Rove
- By: <I>LA Times</I>
- 06/13/2006
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Bottlers, States and the Public Slug It Out in Water War
- By: washingtonpost.com
- 06/12/2006
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Civil Rights Lawyers Call for Action
- By: <I>Chicago Sun Times</I>
- 06/11/2006
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Study Participants Favor Whites over Blacks for Katrina Relief Aid
- By: Washington Post
- 06/10/2006
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Op-Ed: Block the Vote, Ohio Remix
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 06/07/2006
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Tougher for the Poor, Disabled
- By: miamiherald.com
- 06/06/2006
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GOP Targets Gay Marriage
- By: Christian Science Monitor
- 06/06/2006
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Court to Weigh Race as Factor in School Rolls
- By: The New York Times
- 06/06/2006
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Plenty of Room on the Fall Docket
- By: washingtonpost.com
- 06/05/2006
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Supreme Court Justices Hearing Fewer Cases
- By: Associated Press
- 06/05/2006
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Judge Strikes Down Ga. Ban on Gay Marriage
- By: ABC News
- 05/17/2006
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Key Bush Judge under Ethics Cloud
- By: salon.com
- 05/03/2006
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Supreme Court Memo: In the Roberts Court, More Room for Argument
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 05/03/2006
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USA Today Op-Ed: How To Influence Judges
- By: USA Today
- 05/03/2006
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Controversial Bush Judge Broke Ethics Law
- By: salon.com
- 05/01/2006
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Claims Put Boyle's New Bench Seat at Risk
- By: newsobserver.com
- 05/01/2006
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Guilty Verdicts in New Jersey Worker-Safety Trial
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 04/27/2006
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Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act (HIMMA) Threatens Comprehensive Care for All
- By: healthlaw.org
- 04/21/2006
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Massachusetts Sets Health Plan for Nearly All
- By: <i>The New York Times</I>
- 04/05/2006
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Editorial- The High Court Punts
- By: The New York Times
- 04/04/2006
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Judges on Secretive Panel Speak Out on Spy Program
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 03/29/2006
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Editorial- The President and the Courts
- By: The New York Times
- 03/20/2006
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New York Puts Mental Patients in Homes Illegally, Groups Say
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 03/08/2006
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Supreme Court Sides with Military on Recruiters' Access to Campuses
- By: Knight Ridder
- 03/07/2006
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S.D. Governor Signs Abortion Ban Into Law
- By: AP
- 03/06/2006
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Prisons Often Shackle Pregnant Inmates in Labor
- By: <i>The New York Times</I>
- 03/02/2006
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Feinstein Blocks Nomination of Idaho Judge to 9th Circuit
- By: AP/SFGate.com
- 03/02/2006
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Abortion Opponents Win Dispute
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 03/01/2006
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A.F.L.-C.I.O. to Spend $40 Million on Election
- By: <i>The New York Times</I>
- 02/28/2006
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Ban on Most Abortions Advances in South Dakota
- By: <i>The New York Times</I>
- 02/23/2006
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Court Finds Child Has No Federal Right to Wheelchair
- By: National Health Law Program
- 02/23/2006
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Opinion: Justice Alito's Welcome
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 02/22/2006
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Supreme Court Reopens Abortion Issue on Alito's First Day
- By: The New York Times
- 02/21/2006
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Rights Groups Criticize Speedy Deportations
- By: New York Times
- 02/20/2006
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Opinion: Forget D.C.—the Battle is in the States
- By: In These Times
- 02/20/2006
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Bush Budget Would Cut Popular Health Programs
- By: washingtonpost.com
- 02/14/2006
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Evangelicals Urge Action on Global Warming
- By: Reuters
- 02/08/2006
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In Alito, G.O.P. Reaps Harvest Planted in '82
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 01/30/2006
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Gay Marriage Ban Advances Toward Va. Referendum
- By: washingtonpost.com
- 01/26/2006
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Feingold: Alito Would Be "Dangerous Addition" to Court
- By: <I>The Nation</I>
- 01/25/2006
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2005 Was Warmest Year on Record: NASA
- By: Reuters
- 01/24/2006
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Land-Use Ruling May Decide Fate of Wetlands
- By: <I>Toledo Blade</I>
- 01/23/2006
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O'Connor Breaks 4-4 Tie in What May Be Her Last Vote
- By: AP
- 01/23/2006
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Warmer Seas Will Wipe Out Plankton, Source of Ocean Life
- By: <I>The Independent</I>
- 01/19/2006
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Curbs on Dust in the West Targeted
- By: <i>LA Times</i>
- 01/18/2006
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Ecologists Unmoved by 'Green' Wave in Advertising
- By: Bloomberg News
- 01/18/2006
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Toxic Lead Leaching from Ford Sludge
- By: northjersey.com
- 01/18/2006
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Blacks Voice Concerns About Alito
- By: Afro American Newspapers
- 01/17/2006
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Alito Resists Making Comparisons to O'Connor
- By: New York Times
- 01/12/2006
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Analysis: Despite Advocacy, Alito Is Not on Public's Radar Screen
- By: The Washington Post
- 01/10/2006
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Democrats Dig In, Promise to Grill Alito
- By: AP/<I>Indianapolis Star</I>
- 01/10/2006
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San Francisco: Schools Plan Hits Black Neighborhoods
- By: <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>
- 01/06/2006
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<I>NY Times</i> Glossed Over Alito Recusal Concerns
- By: Media Matters
- 01/04/2006
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Hospitals' Profit Margin Hits 6-Year High in 2004
- By: <i>USA Today</i>
- 01/04/2006
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In New National Ad, ACLU Calls for Investigation Into President's Illegal Surveillance of U.S. Citizens
- By: ACLU
- 01/03/2006
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States Take Lead in Push to Raise Minimum Wages
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 01/02/2006
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