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Obama Accountable For Troubling Questions
The Hartford CourantNot since the killing of Trayvon Martin has the nation heard the president speak as long and directly about blacks and his experience as a black man as he did at Morehouse College's commencement ceremony last weekend. At Morehouse, he referred to...Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, Southern Connecticut State University, Colleges and Universities, Dwayne Johnson
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YAA ArtHouse provides a palette for creative community
Living among artists will foster a creative energy for the residents of Broward's newest arts hub. Young At Art Museum is building community through art with YAA Arthouse @ Northwest Gardens. Partners in the project are the Housing Authority of the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Personal Income
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Why is there a double standard?
Hang in there Councilman Sinanyan! Why should your comments made on the Internet years ago matter to the public when a conflict of interest by sitting council members went unchallenged at the voting booth in 2013? In 2009, council members Friedman,...Tags: Science and Technology, Standards, Politics, Public Housing, Local Elections
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Foreign missions complain of slow deportation work
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaForeign consulates expressed disappointment yesterday at the pace at which immigration authorities at the deportation center process exit visas of workers who want to return home before the end of the grace period. The immigration department in Jeddah has...Tags: Deportation, Personal Data Collection, Politics, Immigration, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
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Saudi-Philippine labor pact formally takes effect
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaPhilippine Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and Saudi Deputy Labor Minister Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani signed a labor agreement Sunday on the hiring of Filipino household service workers (HSWs). Al-Haqbani signed on behalf of Labor Minister...Tags: Politics, Personal Data Collection, Manila (Philippines), Saudi Arabia, Government
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Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Immigration, Career and Workplace, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Big 5 bets on smaller, easily accessible stores
Sometimes smaller is better. That's the philosophy of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp., which owns 415 sporting-goods stores in 12 states, about half of them in California. The El Segundo company believes that operating a large number of easily accessible,...
Tags: Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Auto Trends, Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
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Chicago-area pension funding gap jumps to $32 billion: report
ReutersThe Chicago-based Civic Federation said Tuesday the funding gap for 10 Chicago-area public pension systems widened by 16.7 percent to $32 billion in fiscal 2011 from the year, warning of service cuts or tax hikes to bridge the gap. The civic watchdog...Tags: Politics, Chicago Park District, Finance, Illinois General Assembly, Rahm Emanuel
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Politics, Retirement, Public Employees, Finance, Civil and Public Service
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May 20 Letters: Second Amendment, Hampton budget, IRS rules
Second Amendment support From the recent letters to the editor concerning the Second Amendment, it is obvious that emotions, rather than reason, are taking over the discussion. When in doubt, I like to go to the source documents, and, in this case, there...Tags: Politics, U.S. Navy, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Wars and Interventions, Taxation
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Zoning board vote soon on Gage House
John O'Brien is a patient man. For months, O'Brien and his architect have met with Winnetka preservationists and others in the north suburb who want to see at least part of the historic lakefront Gage House spared from the wrecking ball. O'Brien...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Architecture, Human Interest, Housing and Urban Planning
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