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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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New Haven Board of Aldermen urges Sotomayor confirmation
July 15, 2009NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The New Haven Board of Aldermen has urged confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The board's resolution, passed last week, is especially significant as the...
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