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EDITORIAL Jobs needed now
July 16, 2009President Obama flew to Warren, Mich., July 14, to unveil his plan to pump billions of federal dollars into the nation’s community colleges so they can prepare youth for the “jobs of the future.” His initiative...
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Summer activities you can afford
July 16, 2009Museums, zoos, concert halls and other cultural sites are so under-funded that they have been raising their admission prices way beyond what most families can afford. Corporations are jumping in — getting tax benefits and good...
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Community colleges central to Obama’s plan for economy
July 15, 2009WARREN, Mich. -- President Obama came to Warren, Michigan's third largest city and one that has been hit hard by the loss of auto jobs, to unveil a plan to help the nation’s community colleges. As...
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Smiling Sotomayor rebuts GOP senators
July 15, 2009WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor, first Puerto Rican woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that her life story is “uniquely American” and that she now seeks a seat on...
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Lawmakers propose stronger plant closing notification law
July 15, 2009WASHINGTON –(Workday Minnesota) Saying the nation’s 21-year-old plant closing law needs to be widened and toughened to account for changes in today’s economy, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation in late June to do so....
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