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Details emerge on jobless benefits and payroll tax cut deal
February 16, 2012In addition to shortening the maximum length of time workers may collect, the GOP also won some cuts in the pensions for newly hired federal workers.
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New York police charged with spying, dirty tricks against Al Sharpton
February 16, 2012The spying charge dates back to protests triggered by the "not guilty" verdicts for three cops tried for the murder of Sean Bell.
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Fight continues over highway through Bolivian indigenous preserve
February 16, 2012An indigenous-led government at odds with an indigenous opposition exemplifies one contradiction surfacing during the fight.
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Locked out workers plan 1,000-mile Journey for Justice
February 15, 2012Two major unions, the Steelworkers and the Bakery Workers, announced today a joint project, a 1,000-mile Journey for Justice.
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Romney’s treatment of pet lands him in the doghouse
February 15, 2012Romney claimed the fuss was all over nothing; Seamus loved rides on the car roof, he insisted.
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