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Unemployment rate hits 26 year high
July 3, 2009The unemployment rate soared to 9.5 percent in June, a 26-year high, and up a fraction from 9.4 percent in May. The Department of Labor said 467,000 jobs were lost in June. Also grim was the...
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Kennedy and Dodd unveil new public option health plan
July 3, 2009A national health care plan with a government run public option moved dramatically closer to reality this morning with the release of a new proposal by Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. In a...
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Costco warns customers about contaminated meat
July 3, 2009Costco Wholesale, the fifth largest general retailer in the United States, is sending letters to nearly 300,000 customers in the country's northwest and midwest regions, informing them that they might have bought meat that is subject...
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Labor joins in Frankens long-awaited victory party
July 3, 2009ST. PAUL -(Workday Minnesota) U.S. Senator Al Franken and his supporters gathered Wednesday on the steps of the state Capitol in St. Paul to celebrate the close of a difficult election process. “How many senators does...
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Study finds workplace immigration raids unlawful
July 3, 2009Original source: In the early morning hours of December 12, 2006, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swept into Swift & Co. meatpacking plants in six states, rounding up detaining thousands of workers in one of the...
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