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Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5%
The official jobless rate excludes millions of people who have given up looking for work and part-time workers who ...via OneRiot -
Evergreen shifts work to China
Little more than a year after cutting the ribbon at a new factory in Devens built with more than $58 million in ...via NewsRack -
Soaring U.S. Unemployment Threatens Path to Economic Recovery
The unemployment rate in the U.S. jumped to 10.2 percent in October, the highest level since 1983, threatening the ...via Google News -
Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983
The 10.2 percent jobless rate for October shows how weak the economy remains even though it is growing. The rising ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Gay-rights support stops at Cascades
The lopsided results over expansion of the state's domestic-partnership law, which voters overall were approving, ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
Hopes fading for Copenhagen climate change treaty
Political agreement rather than full treaty is now goal of the meeting, says global warming minister Hopes that a ...via NewsRack
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Stimulus for Cotton Candy, Tango and a Fish Orchestra? Wacky, or Actually Worthy?
Breakfast at Fuddruckers: $19.24. Snow cone and cotton candy machine: $146.89. Six extra preview performances of ...via ProPublica -
The Worldwide Efforts Of The Global Energy Lobby To Kill Progress On Climate Change
The Center For Public Integrity just released a blockbuster investigative report that details the intense corporate ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Greenest Place in the U.S. May Not Be Where You Think
Green rankings in the U.S. don’t tell the full story about the places where the human footprint is lightest. If ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Helen Thomas: What has changed in the digital press corps ? My Register Experience
(Blog Post) In preparing the post, “Deadline Every Login,” I also received a reply from my former colleague and role model ...Posted by Michael Bugeja
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America and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Jobs Numbers
(Blog Post) So headline unemployment now stands at 10.2%, higher than forecast. Another 10 million or so workers are working ...via NewsRack -
Obama Faces His Anzio
President Obama chose a cautious approach rather than bold action on the economy, and the decision may haunt ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Faces of a jobless recovery
For Lisa Hall, this is what 10.2 percent unemployment looks like: spending all day at shopping malls going from one ...via Peter Daou -
How to boost fuel efficiency? Raise taxes, executives say
While politically unpalatable, gasoline that costs at least $4 a gallon would have a far greater effect on American ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
With tax break, a big carbon footprint
ENVIRONMENTALISTS who are worried about global warming should pay attention to the congressional debate about ...via AllTop -
The Story of 'Operation Orchard': How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
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Obama's Big Power Play
President Barack Obama likes to point out that when President Dwight Eisenhower built the federal highway system in ...via NewsRack -
Want to Save Our Economy from Almighty Greed? Here Are 10 Crucial Fights and Key Fighters to Watch
There are no less than four federal regulators responsible for overseeing consumer protection in finance, and all ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Fort Hood: A First Test for Twitter Lists
Journalism and curation—it’s becoming increasingly difficult to determine where the one ends and the other ...via Ryan Sholin -
Too Big to Fail - Too Big to Exist -
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation that would break up financial institutions that are too big to fail. ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve
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Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up
More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and ...via Publish2 -
Ford Earns $997 Million, Projects Solid 2011 Profit
Ford Motor Co., the only major U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy, posted net income of $997 million in the third ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Opponents of same-sex marriage lead Maine vote
Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
Gay-rights support stops at Cascades
The lopsided results over expansion of the state's domestic-partnership law, which voters overall were approving, ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
White House Tally Appears to Overstate Stimulus Jobs
The number of jobs the Obama administration credits to federal stimulus money could be overstated by at least ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Farmers fight climate bill, but warming spells trouble for them
Farm state senators and others soon will get a taste of what their colleagues from Missouri already have piled high ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Obama Faces His Anzio
President Obama chose a cautious approach rather than bold action on the economy, and the decision may haunt ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Out to lunch
The week before last, two Northwest pilots overshot Minneapolis, their destination, by a hundred and fifty miles, ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Whaddaya Mean Obama Hasn't Done Anything?
A blow-by-blow breakdown of the young president's first year reveals that today's frustration stems not from a lack ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
America and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Jobs Numbers
(Blog Post) So headline unemployment now stands at 10.2%, higher than forecast. Another 10 million or so workers are working ...via NewsRack
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Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Curating, not moderating, the flow of content and participation
User generated content is, for many media companies and other organisations, more of a problem than a solution. ...via Dan Gillmor
