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Meteor shower dazzles a crowd
August 17, 2010It was after midnight, the morning of August 13, and we were among the 100 or more stargazers who had driven 17 miles of winding road to observe the Perseid Meteor Shower.
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Islamic center has broad support in New York
August 17, 2010"This is a center like the 92nd Street Y or the Jewish Community Center," Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said. "It is meant to have programs to serve the community."
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Non-union workers strike California hotel
August 17, 2010In a first for their industry, workers at a non-union hotel went out on a one-day strike Aug. 9 to protest years of being denied the right to take breaks.
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Warehouse workers suffer while Wal-Mart rakes in cash
August 17, 2010Tory Moore, from Kankakee, Ill., worked as a temp warehouse worker for six years before he was fired in December 2009, after standing up for his rights.
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Laborers to rejoin AFL-CIO
August 16, 2010The Change To Win federation will lose yet another member on Oct. 1, when the Laborers rejoin the AFL-CIO - but in a sense, they never really left.
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