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Florida Poverty Outstrips U.S. « CBS Miami

miami.cbslocal.com - (Source: U.S. Census Bureau )TALLAHASSEE (CBS4)- The recession of the last couple years put more Florida residents into poverty and resulted in a decrease of median family income in much of the sta...

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Analysis: City Hall Fails the School Test

nbcnewyork.com - advertisement For 10 years Mayor Bloomberg and his aides have been playing a numbers game with the people of New York. When he took over the school system, things were to be magically transformed. ...

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Foxconn Resolves a Dispute With Some Workers in China

nytimes.com - SHANGHAI — Foxconn Technology, a major supplier to several electronics giants, said on Thursday that it had resolved a pay dispute with scores of workers at one of its factories in central China af...

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Newt needs a lesson about Saul Alinsky

suntimes.com - LYNN SWEET blogs.suntimes.com/sweet January 22, 2012 10:04PM Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich reacts to a question at the start of the Republican presidential ca...

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Making waves. Backing good guys. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Will Guzzardi in the 39th House District in Chicago. The Chicago Democratic Machine has been famous for promoting the theory of, “Don’t make no waves. Don’t back no losers.” What is surprising is h...

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Line of Scrimmage Forms Over Union Bill

nytimes.com - INDIANAPOLIS — This city is in full preen for its moment in the spotlight, its first Super Bowl. Everywhere, workers sprouted from cherry pickers over the weekend, hanging football banners from sig...

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How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work

nytimes.com - When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president. But as Steven P. Jobs of...

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More Lockouts as Companies Battle Unions

nytimes.com - America’s unionized workers, buffeted by layoffs and stagnating wages, face another phenomenon that is increasingly throwing them on the defensive: lockouts. From the Cooper Tire factor...

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How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work

nytimes.com - When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president. But as Steven P. Jobs of...

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Bright idea: Schools unite to investigate solar

bakersfieldcalifornian.com - But outside, the future looks bright, with hope the sun will recoup some losses. Eighteen districts have joined with the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office to discuss how solar power coul...

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Looking through the IEA proposed budget. « Fred Klonsky

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Looking through the IEA proposed budget. « Fred Klonsky:Looking through the IEA proposed budget.by Fred KlonskyThe state union convention, the IEA RA, is in March.Delegates will be attending budget...

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Students disrupt UC regents in Riverside to protest cuts

latimesblogs.latimes.com - January 19, 2012 | 11:12 am Students protesting budget cuts temporarily disrupted the UC Board of Regents meeting Thursday in Riverside, at one point forcing officials to move to another room. Abou...

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All-women team of Seabees makes history in Afghanistan

latimesblogs.latimes.com - It was an unusual job even for the Seabees, the U.S. Navy’s construction forces trained to hold a hammer in one hand and a Beretta M9 in the other. First, the team selected to build barracks high i...

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School Tech Connect: iDon't Need an iPhone That Badly

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: iDon't Need an iPhone That Badly:iDon't Need an iPhone That Badlyby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)I'm so over Apple products. I was once their biggest fan, too. I guess if I though...

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