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Facing benefit cutoff, jobless “99ers” organize
February 7, 2011Activists note official unemployment in Connecticut has more than doubled to about 170,000 since 2007, with no sign of improvement. It's a crisis for the entire state and demands emergency attention, they say.
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Why so little reporting on Spokane bomb threat?
February 7, 2011There is a well-documented history of the corporate media playing down domestic terrorism threats “that don’t involve Arab or Muslim” alleged conspirators.
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Kefaya, y’all! (Enough!)
February 7, 2011Even in Dallas on the day before the Superbowl, demonstrators stood up in solidarity with the democracy movement in Egypt.
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Obama renominates his pick for labor board
February 7, 2011Showing he won't take the Senate GOP "no's" for an answer, President Barack Obama on Jan. 26 renominated former top union attorney Craig Becker as a member of the National Labor Relations Board.
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Nepal elects new prime minister
February 4, 2011The new prime minister of Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal, a Communist, is expected to revive Nepal's stalled peace process.
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