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U.S. workers are not a lazy bunch
Perhaps the best news I've heard in this dreary year is that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are gearing up for another tour. We need the Boss more than ever, in part because few of our leaders are extolling the American worker.
President...Tags: Travel, Georgetown, Holidays, Ethics, Newt Gingrich
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Lawyers for Occupy protesters say city crackdown was practice for summits
Lawyers for dozens of Occupy Chicago protesters arrested in Grant Park said Wednesday that the mass arrests amounted to a "dry run" by the Emanuel administration for handling protests during the G-8 and NATO summits in May.
"This was Mayor Rahm Emanuel...Tags: Justice System, Summits, NATO, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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175 Chicago protesters arrested after being told to leave Grant Park
Tribune reporterChicago police arrested about 175 Occupy Chicago protestors in Congress Plaza just after 1 a.m. Sunday, about 90 minutes after police issued their first warning that the group was violating municipal code. Police completed the last arrests and cleared...Tags: Michigan Avenue, Egyptian Revolution (2011-12), Democratic Convention (1968), Religion and Belief, Anglicanism
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Cop takes down jaywalking Occupy Orlando protester
A jaywalking Occupy Orlando protester was taken down by an Orlando police officer after he ignored the cop's orders and fled Monday night, police said.
Louis Levite, 47, was charged with resisting arrest without violence and was given a jaywalking...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Television, Entertainment, Demonstration, Police Arrests
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Occupy protest draws divided response
Hundreds of Occupy the Rose Parade protesters peacefully marched down Colorado Boulevard at the tail of the Rose Parade, carrying posters and a float to display their message of economic inequality.
The demonstration was part protest, part street...Tags: Festive Events, Politics, Demonstration, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Occupy Orlando, police clash over use of downtown park
Occupy Orlando demonstrator Tina Houser said she can't figure out the Orlando police.
"You never know what the cops are going to do," said Houser, 21.
For the first few nights of the two-week-old protest at downtown's Sen. Beth Johnson Park, Houser...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Demonstration, Crime, Law and Justice, Buddy Dyer, Politics
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2011, the year of winning by losing
Charlie Sheen was clearly the man of the year.
You'll recall that 2011 began with the oafish actor celebrating his own narcotic and sexual crapulence like a victorious gladiator working the crowds. He was egged on by a media with as much decency as the...Tags: The New York Times, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Joe Biden, Rod Blagojevich, Tea Party Movement
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Relief, not celebration, as Iraq War ends
—When President Barack Obama went to Fort Bragg the other day to proclaim the end of the nearly nine-year war in Iraq, it was hardly what you would call a traditional victory lap. There was no wild V-I Day to match the V-E and V-J Days that kicked...Tags: Travel, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nouri Maliki
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Occupy Baltimore try to erect schoolhouse
Maryland State Police sought Monday evening to work out a peaceful solution with Occupy Baltimore protesters who were building an encampment at the site of a proposed juvenile detention center in East Baltimore. As troopers watched, several protesters...Tags: Prisons, Juvenile Delinquency, Prisons, Politics, Maryland State Police
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Occupy Sacramento Expanding to City Hall
FOX40 NewsOccupy Sacramento protesters announced their plans to expand across the street from their current location at, Cesar Chavez Park, to Sacramento’s City Hall Tuesday. The group says the decision came after the city denied them a special permit... -
Occupy Sacramento Protester Occupies A Tree
FOX40 NewsAn Occupy Sacramento has moved his protest to the top of a tree at Cesar Chavez Park. Police have been trying to get him down since 10 Wednesday night. Sacramento Police say they do not plan to use any force to get him down. However, once he comes...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Demonstration, Police Arrests
Dec 2, 2011
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Oct 26, 2011
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Feb 15, 2012
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Oct 16, 2011
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Dec 13, 2011
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Jan 2, 2012
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Oct 28, 2011
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Jan 2, 2012
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Dec 16, 2011
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Jan 16, 2012
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Nov 8, 2011
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Dec 8, 2011
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