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End of drilling ban spurs controversy
October 14, 2010The Obama administration said it is ending its deepwater drilling moratorium, environmentalists say the risks are too high, and the oil industry says the rules are too strict.
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Unemployment at 50 percent, Detroit vows to fight
October 14, 2010Though she is without full-time employment, Emily Norton works even harder today. She now has four part-time jobs but earns just one-third of what she made while working full time.
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CHEERS to early voters
October 12, 2010CHEERS because lots of Americans are already voting, and JEERS to bullies who harass gay students.
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95,000 more jobs are lost
October 11, 201095,000 jobs were lost in September because the private sector added only 64,000 jobs while government employment went down by 159,000.
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Golden State hanging on by its fingernails
October 7, 2010California’s budget may be about to stagger over the finish line, nearly 100 days late - but it won't be pretty.
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