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Weekly jobless claims climb to 385,000, most in four months
WASHINGTON -- First-time jobless claims unexpectedly climbed to a four-month high last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more evidence that the economic recovery might be heading into another spring slowdown. The number of people...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Markets, Easter, Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
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The Week in Pictures | March 25 – March 31, 2013
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Pictures in the News | March 29, 2013
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King's Easter epistle on civil disobedience
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s decision to violate an injunction forbidding him to pray, sing or march in public in Birmingham, Ala. On Good Friday 1963 (which fell on April 12 that year), King led a march from...
Tags: Activism, Justice and Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights, John Paul Stevens
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L.A. Mission to hold Good Friday Easter event for homeless
Thousands of meals, Easter baskets and shoes will be handed out on Good Friday at the Los Angeles Mission on skid row. A special Easter dinner will be served starting at 11 a.m. at the L.A. Mission, at 5th and Wall streets. Celebrities, local...Tags: Justin Bieber, Easter, Family
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Tying up the loose ends of 'the Troubles'
The recent death of an Irish terrorist has raised the possibility of a resolution of a tangled legal controversy pitting the U.S. Department of Justice against a college that sponsored a research project about the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland. But it...
Tags: Personal Finance, U.S. Department of Justice, Roman Catholicism, Republic of Ireland, Journalism
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Mexican officials identify fifth possible victim of dog maulings
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities said Wednesday that they have identified a fifth possible victim in a recent string of suspected dog-maulings at a hilltop park in Mexico City, a crisis that has sparked protests from dog advocates and victims' families....
Tags: Animal Attacks, Mexico, Mexico City
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Book review: 'Jerusalem' by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Special to Tribune NewspapersSimon Sebag Montefiore's epic survey of Jerusalem's sanguinary history does not inspire confidence in the civilizing qualities of religion. The pile of corpses accumulated over millenniums from the persecutions both perpetrated and endured by all three of...Tags: England, Chicago Tribune, Religious Conflicts, Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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In new documentary, snapshots of photojournalists on the job
24 FramesThe hourlong film “Deadline Every Second,” which is to screen Tuesday at UCLA, follows a dozen Associated Press photographers on assignment in eight countries, covering such events as the Tour de France, the British prime minister leaving 10... -
Warren Buffett sings -- again -- dressed as a paper boy [Video]
Because it's Good Friday, and because we all need a pick-me-up after this morning’s sour jobs data, here's yet another video of Warren Buffett doing his song-and-dance routine. This time, the venerable investor is singing "I’m only a Paper...
Tags: Passover, Judaism, Kanye West, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren Buffett
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Right Makes Might
LA Times MagazineHow a dogged civil-rights lawyer, an ex-gangster and a risk-taking LAPD captain helped skirt a Rodney King riot repeat... -
Italy's Colosseum at center of battle over restoration
World NowA luxury shoemaker is threatening to withdraw his offer to finance restoration of Italy's famed Colosseum. Diego Della Valle of the Tod's group has agreed to spend $33 million helping to restore the iconic monument, but legal challenges and civic protests...
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