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Judge rules vs. Calif. state worker furloughs

January 5, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

Arnold Schwarzenegger exceeded his authority last year when he ordered them to take three unpaid furlough days each month to help cover a soaring deficit in the state's general fund.

Banks making huge profits from toxic assets

January 5, 2010 By John Wojcik

What the government really did for the financial giants in March as a way to help them unload their toxic mortgage securities was put up a sign that read, "Free money, come and get it."

Ethics violations haunt John McCain

January 5, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., may have violated Senate rules when he recorded an anti-healthcare reform telephone message.

World Notes: Haiti, South Africa, China, Cuba, Russia

January 4, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers protested the Provisional Electoral Council's recent exclusion of more than 12 political parties from upcoming parliamentary elections.

Union workers file discrimination charge against hotel

January 4, 2010

Members of Unite HERE Local 450 at the Wyndham Suites Hotel here filed discrimination and union busting charges against the hotel after 90 workers were fired Dec. 4.