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• U.S. Is Said to Land Force in Nicaragua

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 469
  American armed forces landed yesterday at the Nicaraguan port Bluefields, according to a ciphered dispatch sent by an insurgent, Col. F. Golarza, to G. Spencer Holland, who has "considerable property and mining interests" in the country.
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• Putting an end to wage theft – National Action Day results

  
  Deacon's Blog — Authority: 137
  On the National Day of Action to Stop Wage Theft : Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) raised $7,383 toward its efforts to stop wage theft; In Memphis, the Workers Interfaith Network released the results of a survey it conducted of local low-wage workers, 68 percent of whom reported not being paid for all the hours ...
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• Afghanistan Using Persuasion and Jobs to Disarm Taliban

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Jalalabads governor, Gul Agha Shirzai, told Afghan tribal elders this month, “O.K., I want you guys to go out there and persuade the Taliban to sit down and talk.”
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• Whatever Became of ACORN’s ‘Internal Investigation’?

  
  Big Government — Authority: 817
  On September 29th, when ACORN is under full public scrutiny in the aftermath of the undercover video sting, it announced with great fanfare that it was launching a thorough and independent  review of its operations. It named Scott Harshbarger, former Massachusetts Attorney General, to head up this review. ...
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• Business Briefing | Legal: Canadian Court Backs Wal-Mart in Store Closure

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  The Supreme Court of Canada said Friday that Wal-Mart Stores was entitled to close a store in Quebec in 2005, seven months after workers voted to become the first Wal-Mart in North America to unionize.
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• German army chief, Minister, resign over Afghanistan air strike

  
  Eideard — Authority: 490
  General, Minister, resign over civilian deaths in Afghanistan.
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• Hiring Is Rising in One Area: Low-Paid Interns

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Suzan French, left, a public relations consultant in Allentown, Pa., hired Kate Mackes, 21, a finance major at nearby Lehigh University, as an intern.
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• Seattle +10: SE MN Labor Council presents "Trade Off" and a chance to talk about fair trade

  
  Bluestem Prairie — Authority: 624
  The recent murders of four union members in Colombia underscores the tensions that remain with the doctrine of free trade since the WTO protests in Seattle ten years ago; a trade agreement with the South American nation remains stalled because of human rights concerns . (In March 2008, Bluestem Prairie 1.0 noted ...
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• Some Indians Find It Tough to Go Home Again

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 153
  Shiva Ayyadurai, above, is one of thousands of Indian immigrants to Western nations who returned to India in search of opportunity. On returning to India, Mr. Ayyadurai found its bureaucracy stifling, and after complaining, he was fired from his job.
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• Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2008

  
  Docuticker — Authority: 154
  Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2008 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Both the rate and the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in private industry decreased 7 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to the U.S. Bureau of ...
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• Top German official resigns over Afghan airstrike – Los Angeles Times

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 177
  guardian.co.uk Top German official resigns over Afghan airstrike Los Angeles Times Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung, a former defense minister, accepts responsibility for the governments withholding of information about an operation that killed Afghan civilians. By Kate Connolly Reporting from Berlin – A top German ...
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• Thanksgiving Was No Holiday for the Kelly-Moore Day Laborers at Oak and Divisidero

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 528
  See? Thanksgiving morning on San Francisco’s Oak Street. Waiting for work : Click to expand
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• Off the Charts: Seeing the Glass as Mostly Empty, at Least in Terms of Jobs

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  In a survey, American consumers seem to think that economic conditions are worse than they really are.
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• Ruth Marcus flacks for Warren Buffett

  
  Corrente — Authority: 626
  Ruth Marcus Is Congress going through the ordeal of trying to enact health-care reform only to have one of the main pillars -- requiring individuals to obtain insurance -- declared unconstitutional? An interesting debate for a constitutional law seminar. In the real world, not a big worry. Single-Payer & ...
  11 hours ago

• *From The Partisan Defense Committee- 24th Annual Holiday Appeal- Honor Class War Prisoner Lynne Stewart

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 148
  Click on title to link to the Partisan Defense Committee Web site. The following is passed on from the PDC concerning the 24th Annual Holiday Appeal Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Free All Class-War Prisoners! Build PDC Holiday Appeal “The path to freedom leads through a prison. The door swings in and out and ...
  12 hours ago

• Action Alert: Olympia Single Payer Action (OSPA) meeting

  
  Corrente — Authority: 626
  Single Payer meeting Sunday, Nov 29 Olympia Single Payer Action (OSPA) meeting: Sunday, Nov 29, at 11:30 AM Mixx 96 Meeting room at 119 Washington Street NE (SW corner of State and Washington Street) Please join us as we pursue the best strategies for achieving meaningful health care reform: affordable, quality ...
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• Why third generation immigrants earn less

  
  Economic Logic — Authority: 512
  It is well known that second generation immigrants fit better in the host country. This is particularly true with respect to human capital, with the first generation being either less educated than the second, or not being able to exploit fully its existing human capital. What happens to further generations? If the ...
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• Black Friday (4)

  
  Corrente — Authority: 626
  C-list round up: Ellen of the Tenth on Thanksgiving history I didnt know; White Collar Crime has round-ups I really should follow more often; and "Um, unemployment?" As Joe Bageant remarks:
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• Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 641
  In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034.
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• Register For ENDA In Jeopardy: Emergency Conference Call Tues

  
  The Bilerico Project — Authority: 693
  I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. A nation-wide community conference call has been scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 1st, at noon EST to discuss actions we can take to push a vote on ENDA now. It will last one hour. All are welcome. Please register . I will be on the call to discuss ...
  15 hours ago

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