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Tough on euros, weak on Nazis
December 14, 2011Picking one's way through the financial gobbledygook, two key words emerged: "Austerity" was one, "discipline" the other.
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TV, radio artists to vote on new pact with networks
December 14, 2011The contract covers performers, recording artists and other broadcast professionals who work for ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.
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West Coast ports shut down in protest
December 14, 2011Nearly 1,000 rank-and-file workers and others marched on the Port of Portland, Ore., to shut down "Wall Street on the Waterfront."
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84-year-old Wisconsin woman told to pay $200 poll tax
December 14, 2011The Justice Department says it is looking carefully at the voter suppression laws put through by Republican lawmakers all over the country.
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GOP uses payroll tax cut extension to slash jobless benefits
December 14, 2011Republicans in Congress voted 234 to 193 yesterday to slash more than in half the number of weeks people can collect unemployment benefits next year.
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