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Without reform, millions could lose health care

July 27, 2009

Original source: Nearly seven million Americans, primarily people in working families, will lose their health coverage by the end of 2010 if no major policy changes take place before then, according to a new report by...

Contract arbitration: Critical to workers freedom to bargain

July 27, 2009 By Seth Michaels

One of the critical provisions of the Employee Free Choice Act would guarantee that workers who form a union get a fair first contract.

Amateur, astronauts, astronomers and the rare Jupiter collision

July 27, 2009

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the sharpest visible-light picture yet of atmospheric debris from an object that collided with Jupiter on July 19. NASA scientists decided to interrupt the recently refurbished observatory's checkout and calibration...

Pride, anger mix as Chrysler workers watch plants shut down

July 26, 2009

FENTON, Mo. — As the crowd swells and hundreds of UAW members line the entrance to the Chrysler North and South Assembly plants here today, I can’t help but think of my grandfather. He gave over...

Gay penguin leaves partner

July 26, 2009

BEIJING, July 21 -- After six years together, the relationship between a pair of gay male penguins at San Francisco zoo is apparently over, with Harry leaving Pepper for another penguin - Linda. The Los Angeles...