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247,000 jobs lost: Without recovery package, would be far worse
August 8, 2009Original source: U.S. jobs lost in July totaled 247,000, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data out today, with the unofficial unemployment rate now at 9.4 percent compared with 9.5 percent in June, the first...
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Hiroshima mayor calls for no nukes
August 8, 2009Original source: Hiroshima's mayor has urged global leaders to back President Barack Obama's call to abolish nuclear weapons as Japan marked the 64th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing. At a solemn ceremony to commemorate...
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Raul Castro speaks of challenges and change
August 8, 2009Addressing Cuba’s National Assembly Aug. 1, President Raul Castro surveyed current problems and ideas for recovery. His comprehensive overview of points touched upon at government, Communist Party and commemorative meetings earlier in the week testified to...
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AFL-CIO blasts ‘corporate mobs’ at recess town hall meetings
August 7, 2009The AFL-CIO has called on its union affiliates to defend lawmakers’ health care reform town hall meetings from “corporate…mob rule” in recent days. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney sent out a memo this week outlining a blue...
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Budd Schulberg, screenwriter who named names, could have been a contender
August 7, 2009Hollywood screenwriter Budd Schulberg passed away Wednesday at the age of 95, and the press is filled with obituaries noting his work and commenting on his most famous off-screen moment — as a 'friendly witness' before...
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