May 15, 2008Woman indicted in deadly MySpace hoax
A Missouri woman who allegedly posed as a 16-year-old boy on the social networking Web site MySpace.com was indicted Thursday on conspiracy and other charges. A federal indictment accuses Lori Drew of using the site to feign romantic interest in a girl who committed suicide after her online love...
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May 15, 2008Web site: New bin Laden message coming soon
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the West in a new message, according to a banner ad from the group's production wing posted on Islamist Web sites known to carry messages from al Qaeda and bin Laden.
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May 15, 2008Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax
A Missouri mother was indicted Thursday in the case of a teen who killed herself after being taunted on the social networking site MySpace.com.
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May 15, 2008California's gay marriage ban struck down
The California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage Thursday, saying sexual orientation, like race or gender, "does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights."
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May 15, 2008Teen alleging rape turns to YouTube
The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped.
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May 15, 2008China races to bury quake dead and manage survivors
MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people.
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May 15, 2008Democrats outraged by Bush "appeasement" remark
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats erupted in outrage on Thursday after President George W. Bush suggested a pledge by the party's presidential front-runner Barack Obama to meet Iran's leader was akin to appeasement of Nazi Germany.
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May 15, 2008House blocks Iraq war money and sets pullout plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, in a surprise and largely symbolic move, defeated legislation on Thursday to fund the war in Iraq for another year.
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May 15, 2008New bin Laden message to focus on Israel: monitors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding in a Web message expected to underscore a growing focus on the Jewish state, U.S.-based Internet monitors said on Thursday.
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May 15, 2008McCain Campaign Threatens Oregon Union Members with Arrest
John McCain paid a visit to Portland, Ore., this week. As usual, AFL-CIO union members came out to try to speak to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee about important issues—and, as usual, they were turned away.
In fact, McCain campaign aides were so unhappy to be...
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May 15, 2008In Memoriam: Union Leader Alan Kistler
Alan Kistler, who held union cards as a hotel elevator operator, copy boy, cub reporter and steel mill laborer shoveling molten steel and spent 13 years as the director of the AFL-CIO's Organization and Field Services, died May 10 at his home in Silver Spring, Md. He was 87.
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May 15, 2008America@Work Union Industries Show Opens Tomorrow in Detroit
Several thousand Detroit-area school kids will get a sneak peak at the 70th annual AFL-CIO Union Industries Show tomorrow when, before the doors open to the public, they get a preview of the more than 300 exhibits and interactive games at the Cobo Center.
The 2008 America@Work show,...
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May 15, 2008Report: Union Membership Helps Low-Wage Workers Move Up the Ladder
Wages for low-income workers, such as food service employees, get a boost when workers join a union.
A new report emphasizes the importance of a union contract for workers at every level, especially low-wage workers.
The report, The Union Advantage for Low-Wage...
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May 15, 2008United Steelworkers Endorse Obama for President
The United Steelworkers (USW) union has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president. USW President Leo Gerard reported the union’s Executive Board unanimously voted to endorse Obama this morning.
The USW first endorsed former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) last summer. Edwards...
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May 15, 2008Tulsa City Workers Join AFSCME
The 800 office-technical and administrative-technical employees in Tulsa, Okla., now have a voice on the job after joining AFSCME Local 1180.
Says Laureen Gilroy, who works in the city’s Public Works Department:
Forming a union is our legal and democratic right, and we decided to exercise...
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May 14, 2008Guest Workers Begin Hunger Strike for Justice
Indian workers from the Signal International shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., rallied in front of the White House last month.
Guest workers who risked everything to come from India and work on the Gulf Coast, only to find abuse and injustice, now are risking the only thing they...
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May 14, 2008U.S., Colombian Workers Agree Trade Deal Hurts Both Countries
As the climate of fear and intimidation against union members continues in Colombia, the U.S. Congress must not approve the Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), lawmakers and Colombian union leaders said today.
Seven Colombian trade union leaders traveled to the United States to lobby Congress to...
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May 15, 2008McCain Predicts War Can Be Won by 2013
In a speech in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Republican presidential candidate John McCain says he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013 and that he envisions Osama bin Laden will be dead or captured during his first term as president.
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May 15, 2008Kraft Launches Oreo Ad Blitz in Land of Biscuits
Kraft, the maker of Oreos, is unveiling a big advertising campaign in Britain. Stuart Payne runs the Web site Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down, where he reviews cookies (or "biscuits" in the Queen's English). He tells Michele Norris the Oreo may have a hard time in Britain.
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May 15, 2008Bush Takes Swing at Iran Before Knesset
In a speech before the Knesset in Jerusalem, President Bush criticizes one of Israel's enemies, Iran, saying it is the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. He also says negotiating with terrorists and radicals is the false comfort of appeasement, an apparent swipe at Barack Obama.
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May 15, 2008Reporting in a Crisis Zone
Nearly 20,000 people have been declared dead in the wake of Monday's earthquake in southwestern China. NPR's Melissa Block and Robert Siegel were on the ground, covering the quake and its aftermath from the beginning. Today, they take a step back to discuss their experiences with Michele Norris.
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May 15, 2008Stackley Cup Playoffs Underway
NEW YORK—The 2008 Stackley Cup Playoffs, a set of odd-number-of-games series that will determine the champion of the National Huckie League, are well underway, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed Monday. At press time,...
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May 15, 2008Jimmy Fallon To Host 'Late Night'
NBC officially announced that Jimmy Fallon will replace Conan O'Brien as host of Late Night in 2009. What do you think?
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