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Oil barge crashes, leaks into Mississippi River

January 29, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Cleanup crews rushed to clean up the mess the following day, and are continuing to skim oily water off the river.

Berlusconi heaps praise on Mussolini

January 29, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Berlusconi, a billionaire media titan, whose conservatives are polling second in voter surveys ahead of next month's election, spoke to reporters a during ceremony commemorating the Holocaust.

Today in labor history: Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” tops charts

January 29, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The song was written and originally performed by Parton for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Parton in her film debut.

Labor board chief: We’ll enforce labor law, despite court ruling

January 29, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

"The board respectfully disagrees with the decision and believes the president's position in the matter will ultimately be upheld," said NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce.

Video: Let banks fail, says Iceland’s president

January 28, 2013 By Teresa Albano

Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said part of the country's prescription to growing its economy in the wake of its terrible financial crisis was refusing to bail out the banks and rejecting austerity measures that put...