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Assessing the Department of Homeland Security — Part 1
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New nurses find themselves in unhealthy job market
Volunteers in Peace Corps' Arab world programs resign at high rate
Organ harvesting in China still considered a problem by some
Assessing the Department of Homeland Security — Part 1
Assessing the Department of Homeland Security — Part 2
In education reform, some states race from the bottom
Military officials won’t ask, tell about revising gay policy
Experts debate whether cap on Social Security payments hurts retirees
Credit card companies boost rates ahead of new law
Amid protests from the right, seniors in Virginia try to be heard on health care
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Docs cringe at the thought of painkillers taken off the market
Hello, Soto
In defense of animals: Congress questions use of animals in casualty training
Rap video aims to save honeybees
Camp offers helping hand to military families
Lockerbie bomber's early release spurs discussion: Was compassion misplaced?
Veterans still fighting – for health care
How much is the cost of living?
Docs cringe at the thought of painkillers taken off the market
Hello, Soto
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Swinging states one door at a time
by Jason M. Breslow
Oct 28, 2008
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Obama volunteer Jetta Wong waits while going door-to-door for the candidate
Jason M. Breslow/MNS
Wong fights the wind and rain to keep crucial voter sheets dry and up to date
WASHINGTON -- With Election Day just a week away, the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain are shifting staffers and volunteers to "get out the vote" efforts in key states. One group going door-to-door in the swing state of Virginia is DC for Obama. Increasingly, grassroots workers, and Democrats at large, like their chances in the traditionally solid red state of Virginia.
