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No recovery unless we create 11 million jobs, AFL-CIO head warns
June 21, 2010CLEVELAND - AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka attacked right-wing efforts to use the federal budget deficit as an excuse to block programs needed to end the economic crisis.
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Stalemate on the Rhine and quagmire in Berlin
June 18, 2010Things are really happening in Germany - politics and economy in upheaval, and no one can tell what's next.
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Sorry, Mr. Hayward, Joe Barton stole limelight from your dismal performance
June 18, 2010The firestorm over Barton's defense of BP drew attention away from the dismal performance by BP's CEO Tony Hayward at the Congressional hearing yesterday.
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Rwanda releases U.S. lawyer Erlinder
June 18, 2010Progressive U.S. lawyer Peter Erlinder has been freed from jail in Rwanda and may be returning to the United States within the next few days.
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Millions at risk of being left behind in rising college economy
June 18, 2010A new study released this week finds that as the economy struggles to recover, and jobs slowly return, there will be a growing disconnect between the types of jobs employers need to fill and number of...
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