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House finally passes bill extending jobless benefits
June 17, 2008The Democratic controlled House passed a bill June 12 extending unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 39 weeks in most states and to 52 weeks in states with official unemployment rates of 6 percent or more....
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Most unions backing Obama
June 17, 2008Unions that were either neutral or backing Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries are rapidly endorsing Barack Obama. Among those announcing this week that they will back Obama are the United Auto Workers, the United Transportation...
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Uncle Sam sez throw your TV away
June 17, 2008Used to be that consumer products had something called 'planned obsolescence' built into them; they were designed to wear out and be thrown away (partly explaining our nation's overflowing landfills). Now, it seems, President Bush and...
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Indiana Jones survives!
June 14, 2008Movie REVIEW Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Directed by Steven Spielberg Paramount Pictures, 2008 124 min., Rated PG-13If we hadn’t seen it with our own eyes, my movie buddy and I would...
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Highlights from Cannes Festivals 61st season
June 14, 2008Cannes is a term that has come to represent celebrities, new international films, recognition of actors and actresses and, of course, money and power as represented by the outrageous expenditure of capital in that southern French...
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