Labor strikes — seen as one of the key bargaining chips unions have had to get good wages and working conditions from employers — may some day end up only in history books.

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With Labor Day marking the traditional starting point of the campaign season, Republicans have a nine-point edge among likely voters, according to a new NBC News/WSJ poll.

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A former flight attendant accused of cursing out an airplane passenger and then sliding down an emergency exit chute is due to appear Tuesday in a New York City courtroom.



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San Francisco Chronicle
I've just returned from the Association of Food Journalists annual meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where, in addition to all the professional workshops and ...

New Mexico Test Drive, New Exhibit Opening at Laure Moore Fine Art Studios
Dallas Art News
Saturday, Laura Moore Fine Art Studios opens New Mexico Test Drive. Drop by the gallery / studio to see what Ms. Moore did in New Mexico this summer. ...

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President Obama calls for more infrastructure spending

[0:00:18] ... That was the president today talking about a new fifty billion dollar plus plan. Aimed at getting better infrastructure going in the country and and sitting up jobs as well -- had -- no Republicans would respond right away this is from the Senate's top Republican senator Mitch McConnell said quote. A last minute cobbled together stimulus bill -- more than fifty billion dollars in new tax hikes will not reverse. The complete lack of confidence Americans have in Washington Democrats ability to help this economy -- let's ...
[0:04:34] ... this project this big project. To go to Wisconsin to announce massive. New levels of infrastructure spending. In the middle of the debate. Where infrastructure spending is -- heart of it and deeply unpopular makes ...
[0:05:20] ... thus enabling these other cuts. Let me explain -- in the democratic Mexico -- the way it works. A loophole. Is a old tax cut. Which is -- his political use fullness so now it's being replaced with a new one. Which the Democrats two months before election we're -- talent as an example of how they are in favor of small business could will be -- cut. On investment for small business and how Republicans of course and in the -- of big business and Wall Street. What's surprising to me as it is to Steve is that. It to believe that the that this will have any effect forget about economically but politically. You know a new mini stimulus and infrastructure after having -- half actually that it already before. And closing a loop -- you can open up ...

Widely used dental sealants contain derivatives of the controversial chemical BPA, but dentists can use the product safely in kids, a new study finds. But pregnant women should wait until after delivery.



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The European Union on Tuesday condemned the stoning to death sentence passed against an Iranian woman convicted for adultery, saying it was "barbaric."



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The hallucinogen psilocybin -- known by the street name magic mushrooms -- may help ease the anxiety that often accompanies late-stage cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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Tropical Storm Hermine rolled into south Texas early Tuesday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds to an area battered by Hurricane Alex earlier this summer.

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Iran's nuclear chief said Tehran has the right to bar some U.N. inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear program, the semiofficial Isna news agency reported.



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Academic Libraries: New Mexico: "NMSU Library Cuts Spark Research Concerns"
ResourceShelf (blog)
A plan by New Mexico State University to curtail its periodical and academic journal subscriptions has prompted unease among members of the campus community ...
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The influx of foreign aid after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake significantly increased survivors' trust in the West, according to new research that also suggests hard-line Islamist charities did little to help despite the publicity they generated.

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It took years of complaining, two years of legislating, and one year of waiting, but last month, a host of new rules kicked in designed to protect credit card consumers. Now comes word that many of the pieces of credit plastic in your wallet may not be covered by the new consumer protections after all. Read on to find out why some credit cards in your wallet are safer than others.



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E2 Morning Roundup: Obama looks at oil incentives to pay for infrastructure ...
The Hill (blog)
It is also a topic at API-hosted job rallies in Ohio Tuesday, New Mexico and Illinois Wednesday and Colorado Friday. “I would just say that increasing the ...

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Hipsters, hustlers, celebrities, thieves, dope peddlers and just about everyone else in gritty, quirky Venice Beach know Boston Dawna. You can't miss the one-woman crime fighter.

Superhero - United States - Massachusetts - Boston Dawna - Comic book

A wind-whipped wildfire near Boulder that has destroyed dozens of homes and forced several thousand people to flee was spreading out of control Tuesday.



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A wind-whipped wildfire destroyed dozens of houses in Colorado and forced hundreds of people to flee, an official said Tuesday.

Colorado - Wildfire - United States - Business and Economy - Boulder County Colorado

A protest over the fatal police shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant in Los Angeles turned violent when some threw bottles at officers, set trash cans on fire and refused to disperse.



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