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$100 million for green jobs training brings hope for jobless
January 8, 2010Despite a depressed economy, Joliet, Ill., ironworker Ken Kobus is optimistic.
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Clean energy manufacturing wins federal boost
January 8, 2010President Obama announced funding for tax credits to promote new job growth in the clean energy manufacturing sector.
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Lawsuit claims racial bias in Illinois transit funding
January 8, 2010Chicago Transit Authority riders filed a class action lawsuit charging the state's underfunding of the city's public transit, compared to the suburban rail system, discriminates against minorities.
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‘War on terror’ zeroes in on Yemen
January 8, 2010A few things we need to know about Yemen: strategic location, oil, a Very Important Neighbor, imperialism and Cold War history, poverty and economic/environmental crisis.
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Of Terrorism, Cuba, and Yemen
January 8, 2010Who gets a visa to enter the United States? Nigerian citizen Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab did, even though his father had notified the U.S. embassy there of his son's worrisome terrorist associations.
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