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Labor Department gives nearly $100 million in green-jobs training grants
Money & CompanyThe government is funneling nearly $100 million into training programs for green jobs, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis said today. The funds, part of a $500-million green workforce development initiative through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,... -
Friday's TV Highlights: Fox airs the season finale of 'Dollhouse'
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Jan 24 - 30, in PDF format This week's TV Movies THE END: Echo and Sierra (Eliza Dushku, left, and Dichen Lachman) reunite in the series finale of "Dollhouse," at...... -
Sunday shows: Scott Brown, Boehner, Bayh, Axelrod
Top of the TicketAlso, Sens. Jon Thune, Mitch McConnell and Lamar Alexander, Govs. Haley Barbour, Ed Rendell and Jennifer Granholm, Rep. Paul Ryan and Bob Gibbs.... -
GOP's Scott Brown sworn in, ends Senate Democrats' super-majority (Updated)
Top of the Ticket(UPDATED: A photo (above) and video (below) of Brown's oath-taking have been added to this item.) This is the day it all changes. Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown, who toppled political and historical expectations by winning the U.S. Senate seat held.... -
As Obama signs history, healthcare redraws 2010 map. Unions, tea party activists sharpen knives
Top of the TicketAt the White House, the signing ceremony looked like a victory party as President Obama delivered on the signature promise of his campaign for change. As he signed the historic healthcare bill, Obama was flanked by Vicki Kennedy, widow of...... -
Brand X Files: Melissa Etheridge and wife split. 8-year-old heroin dealer. Evil Clown stalks birthday kids
Brand XMelissa Etheridge and wife Tammy split: Couple separates after nine years and two children together. (People) Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights in northern Europe: Airspace was closed and flights were canceled in countries including Britain, Ireland,... -
A disastrous pick for Labor secretary
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said he's "thrilled." SEIU President Andy Stern said he's "thrilled." Apparently, everyone who happens to run a labor organization feels that Christmas has come a little early this year with President-elect Barack Obama's...Tags: Referenda, George Miller III, Employees, Democratic Party, Elections
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Guest workers: a worn-out labor idea
JOHN J. SWEENEY is president of the AFL-CIO. PABLO ALVARADO is executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.CORPORATE America has made an expanded guest worker program the cornerstone of its preferred brand of immigration reform, and no wonder: It will assure a steady flow of cheap labor from essentially indentured workers too afraid of being deported to...Tags: Family, Collective Contract, Work Rules Contract Issues, Aquaculture, Health and Safety at Work
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Why Democrats want Nevada to be a player
J. PATRICK COOLICAN covers politics for the Las Vegas Sun.JUST WHEN NEVADA politics couldn't get any weirder — what with police saying a Republican candidate for treasurer was murdered by her husband — a woman accused the favorite in the governor's race of assaulting her in a parking garage after...Tags: Travel, Bill Frist, Culture, Republican Party, Social Issues
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'Domestic tranquillity'
This has rarely been a tranquil nation. Born in revolution, tested by civil war, energized by protest, the United States has survived turmoil even as it has pursued its constitutional mandate to ensure tranquillity. Today, that elusive sense of domestic...Tags: Bill Clinton, John McCain, Republican Party, Social Issues, National Government
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Democrats savor power for a year but end it feeling unfulfilled
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersCongressional Democrats ended their first year in control of Congress in more than a decade Wednesday, approving a $555-billion government spending measure that gave President Bush $70 billion for an Iraq war they had promised to end. And underscoring...Tags: Environmental Issues, Republican Party, National Government, Health and Safety at School, Elections
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Primary colors
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Amoskeag Strummers had their banjos in hand, the Shriners were standing by their little red cars and the parade was about to begin. Then, across the lawn and into this classic New England small-town scene strode a tall, slim, implausibly handsome...Tags: John McCain, Republican Party, Health and Safety at School, Ron Paul, Fox Broadcasting Company
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