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Written by Leigh Ann Caldwell   
Wednesday, 02 April 2008 10:00

Apr. 2, Headlines - The state of Florida will allow non-violent convicted felons recover their right to vote. Recently the state gave back voting rights to 75,000 people with felony records with an additional 95,000 people still on a waiting list. Those in the program must have completed their prison term, probation and parole and make any payments the court orders.

April 2 - Headlines
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Some churches in the area are hosting rights-restoration sessions. Currently, 5.3 million U.S. citizens are unable to vote because of felony convictions including four million people who are no longer in prison

On the campaign trail at an AFL-CIO meeting in Pennsylvania,Vote Restored Hillary Clinton tells the union members she will support labor and manufacturing.

"..we've got to shift a lot of these tax breaks and give aways away from industries like the oil industry and back into manufacturing."

Clinton says she will create three million new jobs by increasing investments in the nation's infrastructure. The infrastructure improvements would span a 10 year period and would include emergency initiatives like fixing bridges and long term investments like highway and transit systems.

Barack Obama campaigned about a mile from Clinton, stressing the need for independence from foreign oil.

News Corporation Owner, Rupert Murdoch's daughter, Elizabeth will host a fundraiser for Barack Obama in London. The entrance fee - $1,000. $2,300, the personal donation limit, for the VIP party. Rupert Murdoch, who owns Fox News, held a fund raiser for Hillary Clinton in 2006 for her Senate campaign.

 

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