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PUKE alert~

Howard Dean accuses Bush, GOP of exploiting immigration issue

OAKLAND, Calif. - Democratic Party chief Howard Dean accused President Bush and the Republican Party on Friday of exploiting the immigration issue for political gain by scapegoating Hispanics.

Dean and Bush agree on the legislation at the heart of the debate. Both support a Senate bill that would expand guest-worker programs for an estimated 400,000 immigrants each year.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14235378.htm
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Students in Las Vegas renew walkouts over immigration policy

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/mar/31/033110401.html

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=immigration+protests&btnG=Search+News
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Des Moines, March 28, 2006 - It first showed up in January and by the end of February. Iowa had 26 cases of the mumps. Three weeks later, that number more than doubled. Today, health officials believe there are more than 200 Iowans with the disease. Iowa hasn't seen an outbreak like this in nearly 20 years. About one-third of Iowa counties are reporting cases of mumps. Dubuque county alone has already had 85 cases this year. But who's at risk?

http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4695150

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What I found peculiar is Iowa and Nebraska are having ills:

{{Pretend outbreak spreading slowly }}

Lee County health–care workers may need days to pinpoint disease.

By CRAIG T. NEISES
cneises@thehawkeye.com

FORT MADISON — Staff at the Lee County Health Department and two local hospitals and local paramedics are on the lookout for something.

But after the first day of a three–week practice session meant to test procedures for responding to an infectious disease outbreak, they don't yet know what it is.

~Weird timing?


http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/ln8_0331.html