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Lawmakers propose stronger plant closing notification law
July 15, 2009WASHINGTON –(Workday Minnesota) Saying the nation’s 21-year-old plant closing law needs to be widened and toughened to account for changes in today’s economy, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation in late June to do so....
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New Haven Board of Aldermen urges Sotomayor confirmation
July 15, 2009NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The New Haven Board of Aldermen has urged confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The board's resolution, passed last week, is especially significant as the...
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US to unearth Afghan war skeletons
July 15, 2009Original source: US President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into reports that warlords allied to the US slaughtered up to 2,000 Afghan prisoners of war in 2001. In a televised interview aired on Sunday, Mr...
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Texas cities grapple with anti-gay bias among police
July 15, 2009Original source: Just weeks after a police raid on a gay club in one Texas city left a patron with life-threatening brain injuries, another Texas city is embroiled in controversy after gay men were kicked out...
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G-8 didnt do enough to address economic crises
July 15, 2009Original source: The leaders of the world’s top economies failed to adequately address the three major economic crises facing the world—unemployment, climate change and development, according to leaders of unions around the globe who had called...
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