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Recently one thousand people rallied in Manukau City Square in response to the three murders that have happened in the past fortnight; a shopkeeper in Manurewa was shot during a robbery, an elderly woman was beaten by a home intruder and another woman...
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Mexico’s Agriculture Department is denying reports that the United States will close its borders to some Mexican produce.
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The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday–an entire week before the device goes on sale.Frankly, one shouldn\’t encourage such behavior by...
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Marty Boyer\’s carefully maintained sport utility vehicle growled more like a dragster than a 2001 Honda Passport when he turned the key.
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Sending private messages through back channels is nothing new. We do it all the time with emails and direct messages on multiple services. However, sometimes...
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a day off the campaign trail Sunday in Chicago, attending a neighborhood barbecue with his family.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain attended church Sunday and later visited a Veterans Affairs hospital in his hometown.
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I’m in a seven-year relationship with a guy I care about deeply. We own a home together, get along very well, and have a safe, stable relationship. The problem is...
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Names of the Norfolk 17, black students who were educated at First Baptist Church during Virginia’s “Massive Resistance” to school desegregation. The...
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The “Norfolk 17″ were honored Sunday at the church that educated them 50 years ago when six of the city’s all-white public schools closed under...
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Barack Obama has been straightforward about his position on third-term abortion from the start: from where he\’s sitting, strong restrictions on late-term...
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The nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year\’s July Fourth holiday for more than 60,000 Americans and...
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There are a couple groups for whom rising oil prices haven\’t been all bad: roustabouts and service unit operators in the oil and gas industry.
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A comet-chasing spacecraft has been awoken during its years-long journey so it can study an asteroid it will fly past this September.European Space Agency mission...
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“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem,” Albert Camus wrote, “and that is suicide.” How to explain why, among the only species capable of...
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A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot.
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AFRICANS buy 36 billion bottles of Coke a year. Because the price is set so low—around 20-30 American cents, less than the price of the average newspaper—and...
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Women over 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia than men of the same age, according UC Irvine researchers involved with the 90 Study, one of the...
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NEW YORK — It was many and many a year ago in a cottage in the Bronx where Edgar Allan Poe lived his last years and wrote some of his classic pieces.
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U.S. Department of Education employees inappropriately used government credit cards to purchase $49,500 worth of goods and services, including meals, items at clothing...
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This A-beta peptide fibril has been rendered in 3-D by a transmission electron microscope, providing the most detailed look yet at the telltale sign of Alzheimer’s...
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The AFL-CIO has endorsed Barack Obama for president, uniting the nation’s 15 million union workers behind the presumed Democratic candidate.
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The AFL-CIO is preparing to give its stamp of approval to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
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The AFL-CIO is on the verge of endorsing Barack Obama for president.
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Democrat Barack Obama told union leaders Thursday that he will pursue economic policies that benefits workers if elected president, but he also will seek input from...
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Democrat Barack Obama is moving quickly this week in hopes of unifying the nation’s labor movement behind his candidacy.
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Democrat Barack Obama is seeking the backing of the AFL-CIO in hopes of quickly unifying the nation’s labor movement behind his candidacy.
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The United Mine Workers of America endorsed Barack Obama for president Wednesday despite his recent defeats in primaries in coal-producing states where many of the...
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The Associated Press has learned that the United Mine Workers of America will endorse Barack Obama for president.
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AP, Toronto
Canadian Auto Workers at General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have ratified a new labor agreement, wrapping up this year’s round of negotiations between the CAW...
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Senate Democrats on Thursday dropped a bill allowing all police, firefighters and other first responders to unionize after Republicans complained they didn’t get...
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The union tide is turning toward Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama, but cracks are showing inside the labor movement as its leaders grapple with...
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AP, Toronto
The Canadian Auto Workers union tentatively agreed Thursday to labor deals with General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC that would replace contracts expiring in...
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AP, Toronto
The Canadian Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp. tentatively agreed to a new labor contract on Thursday and union President Buzz Hargrove said they are close to...
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The Senate has given critical approval to legislation to give all police, firefighters and other first responders the right to collective bargaining.
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Organized labor is paying more attention to Republican John McCain as Democrat Barack Obama solidifies his status as the front-runner in the Democratic contest against...
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Organized labor is paying more attention to Republican John McCain as Democrat Barack Obama solidifies his status as the front-runner in the Democratic contest against...
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Unions should be required to make public more details of their internal finances, the Labor Department said Thursday as it proposed new changes to union disclosure...
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AP, Toronto
The Canadian Auto Workers have voted to ratify a three-year contract with Ford Motor Co.
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The battle over patent reform, a sleepy sounding subject that affects new, cheaper medicines, Chinese counterfeits and BlackBerry addicts, has always sent high-tech...
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Canadian Auto Workers union President Buzz Hargrove, left, shakes hands with Chrysler Vice President Al Iacobelli after announcing a tentative contract agreement in Toronto, Thursday May 15, 2008. The union agreed to labor deals with General Motors...
