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Obama tries to steer attention back to jobs
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday he wanted to put more Americans to work by slashing the amount of time it takes to grant federal approval for big job-creating projects. But Obama's choice of venue for his remarks — a Baltimore...
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Politics
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Keystone XL looms as Obama wants to cut delays on big projects
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday he wanted to put more Americans back to work by slashing the amount of time it takes to grant federal approval for big job-creating projects. But Obama’s choice of venue for his remarks of a...
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Politics
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Web Buzz: Help homeless youths by booking hotel on Rooomr.com
You can help a child at the same time you book a hotel stay — without an added price hike. Name: Rooomr.com What it does: Rooomr is a hotel booking site that also seeks to improve the lives of homeless youth by donating 5% of its gross income to...Tags: Expedia Incorporated, Virgin Group, Ltd., Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Storm system rumbles toward East Coast; tornadoes in South kill 2
A long line of storms stretching from the deep South to upstate New York continued to roll across the nation on Wednesday, with reports of two fatalities in separate tornadoes. It's the traditional dead season for tornadoes, but northern Georgia was...
Tags: New York Weather, Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, Georgia Floods (2009), Southern U.S. Storms (2011)
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Judge blocks portions of South Carolina's immigration law
Nation NowA federal judge in South Carolina temporarily blocked portions of the state’s stringent immigration law Thursday, most notably a provision requiring police to detain any person they suspect to be in the country illegally.... -
Seaport traffic will grow slightly through the end of the year
Money & CompanyGlobal Port Tracker, the monthly study of retail goods imported to the U.S. through the nation's largest seaports, has greatly reduced its expectations for the remainder of 2011. The numbers suggest that the economic recovery is weaker than previously... -
Surge of holiday retail goods is starting at U.S. ports
Money & CompanyThe relative doldrums for import cargo traffic through the nation's major seaports are finally over, according to a report released this week by the Washington consulting firm Hackett Associates.... -
N.Y. can release data on teachers
The New York City school system can publicly release performance ratings for more than 12,000 teachers based on their students' test scores, a Manhattan judge ruled Monday, in what would be the largest such disclosure in the country. The interests of...Tags: Media Industry, Academic Progress, Lawyers, Employees, Career and Workplace
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New York to release teachers' ratings
The New York City school system announced Wednesday that it will release ratings for nearly 12,000 teachers based on student test scores, potentially giving the public an unprecedented window into the effectiveness of instructors at the nation's largest...Tags: Unions, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace, Weather, Human Interest
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Lee Friedlander Takes 'America by Car'
Culture MonsterThe view from a moving car framed by a window is a snapshot many travelers have locked in their memories. Lee Friedlander, well known for his idiosyncratic style of photography, has applied his old tricks to incorporate alternative visuals of...... -
Monster Mash: Actors' Equity has harsh words for 'Spider-Man'; Palestine National Orchestra debuts
Culture MonsterHarsh words: The president of Actors' Equity Assn. has released a lengthy statement expressing concern over the safety of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." (Playbill) New ensemble: The Palestine National Orchestra has made its debut in... -
Book reviews: Two Civil War anthologies
Special to the Los Angeles TimesHearts Touched by Fire The Best of "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" Edited by Harold Holzer Modern Library: 1,264 pp., $38 The Civil War The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It Edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears and Aaron Sheehan-...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jefferson Davis, History, Ulysses S. Grant, Arts and Culture
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