 Politico |
AFL-CIO shifts strategy, emphasizes appeals to nonunion workers
Kansas City Star The AFL-CIO on Wednesday used its annual Labor Day outreach to announce a change in strategy: More direct communication with nonunion workers and fewer resources devoted to politicians and political parties. … Labor group wants Obama to go big on jobs plan Chamber of Commerce AFLCIO ready to rumble on jobs Prosperity starts with Americans, not Uncle Sam |
Entries from August 2011
AFL-CIO shifts strategy, emphasizes appeals to nonunion workers - Kansas City Star
August 31st, 2011 · No Comments
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Colorado logger says cut off toes to free himself - Reuters
August 31st, 2011 · No Comments
 ABC News |
Colorado logger says cut off toes to free himself
Reuters 1 of 2. Montrose, Colorado resident John Hutt is shown in this handout photo released to Reuters August 31, 2011. Hutt, a logger, said on Wednesday that he amputated all the toes on his right foot with a pocket knife to free himself after a 7-ton … Logger cuts off toes after foot pinned in a Colarado forest Man cuts off toes to escape Logger cuts off toes to get free |
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Post-Irene cleanup progresses, slowly - Los Angeles Times
August 31st, 2011 · No Comments
 ABC News |
Post-Irene cleanup progresses, slowly
Los Angeles Times Vermont is still airlifting food and supplies to those cut off by floodwaters, but emergency vehicles are back on the roads. FEMA chief, in New York, promises help for the long haul. Part of Route 112 in Halifax, Vt., is washed away where the Deerfield … Hurricane Irene: It's the rain Spirit of Vermonters Remains Hopeful in Midst of Disaster Swollen rivers begin falling across Northeast |
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Britain town relinquishes special role in honoring fallen troops - Los Angeles Times
August 31st, 2011 · No Comments
 Telegraph.co.uk |
Britain town relinquishes special role in honoring fallen troops
Los Angeles Times During the last 41/2 years, Wootton Bassett paid tribute to 354 British military personnel, most killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. A nearby air base is closing, causing a route change. People gather along the main street of the southern English town of … Wootton Bassett Marks Final Repatriation Wootton Bassett pays its final tribute as repatriation of fallen changes route Wootton Bassett marks end of repatriation days |
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US drops final charges Barry Bonds faced - Los Angeles Times
August 31st, 2011 · No Comments
 Stuff.co.nz |
Barry Bonds Prosecutors to Dismiss Three Perjury Charges
BusinessWeek Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — Prosecutors said they are dropping three perjury charges against home-run king Barry Bonds, who was convicted of obstructing a federal probe into steroids use. J. Douglas Wilson, deputy chief of the criminal … No New Trial for Bonds Feds: No retrial for Barry Bonds on perjury charges No new trial for Bonds as perjury charges dropped |
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