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Cover-ups and ‘cost-savings’ ooze from BP records
July 6, 2010Louisiana union leaders, environmentalists and others are saying that the disparity between what BP told government regulators in March and what it has actually been able to do results from a willfully misleading manipulation of numbers...
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EPA to toughen air pollution standards
July 6, 2010The Environmental Protection Agency today announced it would seek to dramatically cut air pollution in 31 eastern states and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma.
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Lawmakers move to lift statute of limitations on police torture
July 6, 2010CHICAGO - Just days after the conviction of former police Commander Jon Burge here, Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., introduced a bill that would make police torture of suspects a crime against humanity and a federal...
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LaborFest 2010: Art, history and today’s struggles
July 5, 2010In the San Francisco Bay Area, July is LaborFest month - a cornucopia of film, video, tours, art, music, theater, panels, workshops and more, delving into the many issues and struggles of today's workers and those...
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G-20 fails to do enough for job creation, global labor says
July 5, 2010TORONTO (PAI)--The world's top political leaders are failing to meet the global job creation challenge resulting from the Great Recession, global labor leaders charge.
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