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Verizon strike 2011: Workers to protest at CEO's home
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Members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers plan to stage a candlelight vigil outside Lowell McAdam's residence in Mendham, N.J.
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Hosni Mubarak trial: Former Egyptian president in hospital bed at historic trial
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An ailing, 83-year-old Hosni Mubarak lay on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him.
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Protest planned outside State Department
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Iranian-Americans from northern California and their supporters are planning a demonstration in front of the State Department building.
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Anacostia River protesters upset over failed cleanup efforts
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Protesters in fake hazmat suits plan to swim in the Anacostia River to protest the failure of cleanup efforts to meet a deadline in the federal Clean Water Act.
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14 arrested at House gallery
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Fourteen people who were protesting the U.S. prison in Guantanamo were arrested in the House galleries Thursday.
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State board extends BWI's taxi concession contract
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Maryland's Board of Public Works has extended the taxi concession contract at Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport with the current company by one year.
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Women protest Saudi driving ban
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In Saudi Arabia, women are forbidden from driving cars. The law drew a creative protest in front of the Saudi embassy Wednesday.
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Norton to host National Dance Day on National Mall
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Demonstrators who want to dance on the National Mall have an ally in Congress.
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Park Police to probe arrests of dancing protesters
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The U.S. Park Police is investigating whether its officers were too aggressive in arresting five demonstrators who were dancing in protest over the weekend at the Jefferson Memorial. Meanwhile, protesters are planning another dance.
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More Capitol Hill protests planned
D.C. Vote, the advocacy group seeking congressional representation for the District, is planning a protest on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
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Another D.C. voting rights protest planned
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Advocates for District of Columbia voting rights in Congress are planning another protest outside the Capitol.
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D.C. abortion protest planned
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District of Columbia leaders are taking to the streets yet again to protest restrictions on using local taxpayer dollars to fund abortions for poor women.
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