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Actors Equity launches bid for commemorative stamp
May 29, 2009Original source: Actors’ Equity has launched a nationwide campaign to become the first union honored with a U.S. postal stamp. The union is petitioning the U.S. Postal Service to issue a stamp commemorating the union’s 100th...
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Irish abuse churches must pay, prime minister argues
May 29, 2009Irish leaders declared on Wednesday that the secretive Catholic orders responsible for abusing children in workhouse-style schools must pay a greater share of compensation for victims. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has demanded face-to-face negotiations with...
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Susan Boyle faces final hurdle in dreamlike rise
May 29, 2009LONDON (AP) — It's always a bad hair day for Susan Boyle — until she starts to sing. The Scottish songbird with the frizzed-out hair doesn't look like a star — she's chubby, with plain features,...
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Despite Coleman-Franken fallout, GOP gov. blocks election reform
May 29, 2009Original source: If vetoes are like slapshot goals in hockey, then Gov. Tim Pawlenty scored an election-reform hat trick last week. After vetoing motor-voter and felon-notification, he scotched the state Legislature’s big omnibus elections bill. The...
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Students don hard hats in unique school-trades partnership
May 29, 2009PHILADELPHIA — “We need the best people here. If you have a trade, a skill, no one can take that from you.” This was the advice Frank Marsh of Iron Workers Local 401 gave to the...
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