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On Veterans Day, Obama champions America’s vets

November 10, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The Obama administration this week announced the creation of a new Veterans Employment Initiative.

New York state budget: the money is there, if you look for it

November 10, 2009 By Dan Margolis

Yesterday, Gov. David Paterson made a speech before an extraordinary joint session of the State Senate and Assembly, pushing the legislative bodies to accept his plan to alleviate the state's more than $3.2 billion deficit for...

Communist editor speaks of struggle and socialism

November 10, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

An interview with Carlos Lozano a top official of the Communist Party of Colombia is no small matter.

Justices review life terms for teen offenders

November 10, 2009

A majority on the Supreme Court appeared to signal changing the use of life prison terms without parole for teenagers whose crimes do not involve a murder.

Foreign companies getting bulk of green stimulus

November 10, 2009 By Susan Webb

Of the $1.05 billion of stimulus funds handed out for clean energy grants since Sept. 1, 84 percent - $849 million - has gone to foreign wind companies.