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Mine union leader on Massey CEO: Handcuff and jail him!

April 16, 2010 By Tim Wheeler

West Virginia coal miners stopped work April 16 to mourn the 29 killed at the Massey Energy mine, and President Obama ordered a top-to-bottom review of mine safety enforcement.

World Notes: Peru, Australia, Cuba

April 16, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Police kill miners in Peru, Australia blocks refugees, Cuba conserves

Demand to curb Wall Street has GOP in a bind

April 16, 2010 By John Wojcik

Government records on campaign contributions shows that GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell takes more money from Wall Street than any other sector.

75 years later, WPA is sorely needed again

April 16, 2010 By Rick Nagin

The Works Progress Administration - the largest federal jobs program in U.S. history - built LaGuardia Airport, the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Orange Bowl and much more, and got our economy moving again.

Health reform: The lie lasts until the truth arrives

April 16, 2010

MERIDEN, Conn. - Labor, clergy, small business and health care advocates here are challenging the corporate misinformation barrage against health care reform.