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Six steps! Leaders say, “Prep infrastructure for climate change”
February 12, 2013Leaders of the labor-environmental group Blue-Green Alliance called on the president to launch and prioritize a national dialogue on climate change.
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Murder of Tunisian leftist causes uproar
February 12, 2013Tunisia was the site of the first blooming of the "Arab Spring." The assassination of Tunisian leftist politician Chokri Belaid by unknown gunmen has thrown this North African country into turmoil.
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Obama expected to oppose forced cuts in State of Union
February 12, 2013President Obama is expected to make a case against the budget-slashing sequester scheduled for March 1.
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End of the post office as a public institution?
February 12, 2013This year the post office will close half its processing centers. By the end of this summer Saturday delivery is scheduled to end. Over the next year over 3,000 local post offices will close.
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Steelworkers forced out at Rotek
February 12, 2013Members of USW Local 8565 are picketing Rotek, Inc. protesting the company's unilateral implementation of a contract slashing wages 20-30 percent as well as deep cuts in benefits.
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