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◊ Action Midwest News ◊ New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine has accused United Parcel Service of disrespecting the Garden State in the company's refusal to provide the same-sex partners of its unionized workers with the same benefits its gives married partners. ◊ Action Midwest News ◊ Equal Rights Not Special Rights accepted defeat to the Citizens to Restore Fairness in Cincinnati, OH after officials discovere fake signatures on a ballot to repeal a law that added gays, lesbians, and the transgendered to Cincinnati's human rights law covering employment and housing. ◊ Action Midwest News ◊ American Airlines decision to terminate an employee for making anti-gay remarks was upheld by a jury in the State of Missouri; American Airlines has a zero-tolerance policy for homophobia. ◊ Action Midwest News ◊ Boone County High School Site-Based Council approves Gay-Straight Alliance after months of delays and the possibility of a lawsuit from the Kentucky Equality; the organizer, Nick Herweck, gets support from organizations and groups across two states. ◊ Action Midwest News ◊ Fair Wisconsin and other LGBT civil rights groups fighting a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions in the State of Wisconsin have gained the support of the state's biggest unions. ◊ Action Midwest News ◊ Wisconsin's Top Lawyers Oppose Anti-Gay Amendment ◊ Action Midwest News ◊ Kentucky Equality Federation Provides New Service to Report Hate Crimes, Discrimination, and School Bullying
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"We Are the World" is a # 1 song from 1985, recorded by a supergroup of popular musicians billed as USA for Africa."We Are the World" sold an astonishing 800,000 copies during the first two days of release. On April 5 (Good Friday in that year), more than 5,000 radio stations played the song at the same time.The single would go one to sell 7.5 million copies in the US. It was released on an album, USA for Africa: We Are the World, which sold over three million copies. In addition to "We Are the World," the album included songs by Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner and a few other major artists.Including revenues from the single, the album, the video and related merchandise, “We Are the World†raised about $50 million for famine relief...Solo vocalists (in order): Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Bob Dylan, and Ray Charles.Contributing vocalists: Kevin Junior, Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, LaToya Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Bette Midler, The News (of Huey Lewis & the News), John Oates, Jeffrey Osborne, The Pointer Sisters, and Smokey Robinson.