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Millions can find only part-time or lower-paying jobs
Beyond the 15 million Americans who have no jobs at all, millions more are caught in part-time or limited jobs that don't pay them enough to maintain their standard of living — much less contribute to the strong consumer spending needed to power the nation out of the economic doldrums. Economists have a technical term for these people: underemployed. But there's nothing technical about it for David Linehan of Quincy, Mass., who lost his job as an analyst for an energy-trading firm during the recession, along with his $30,000 salary and benefits. The 43-year-old now tries to get by on less than one-third that amount as a driver for a rental car company. His new employer limits his work to less than 30 hours a week because any more would make him eligible for company-provided health insurance. The latest Labor Department report shows there are nearly 9 million people like Linehan who want full-time jobs but can't find them... The lack of full-time work is both a hardship for individua
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Former FBI man implicated in CIA abuse
6 minutes ago · WASHINGTON — A former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intelligence as a contractor, training CIA operatives after leaving the agency, The Associated Press has learned. The CIA officer wielded the bitless drill and an unloaded handgun — unauthorized interrogation techniques — to menace suspected USS Cole bombing plotter Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri inside a secret CIA prison in Poland in late 2002 and early 2003, ac
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Colombia orders arrest of reporter in rebel case
6 minutes ago · Colombia orders arrest of reporter in rebel case (AP) – 3 hours ago BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian court has ordered the arrest of a well-known journalist based in Venezuela on charges he conspired with leftist rebels. Prosecutors accuse William Parra of crimes including financing terrorist activities and sedition. Parra was press secretary for then-Colombian President Ernesto Samper in the 1990s and has recently worked with Telesur, the regional TV network backed by Venezuela's leftis
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Gerald Posner sued over alleged "Miami Babylon" plagiarism
9 minutes ago · "Disgraced writer Gerald Posner was slapped with a copyright suit today for allegedly stealing "significant portions" of his latest book. Author Frank Owen alleges that Posner -- who gained fame for his 1993 investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy -- engaged in "numerous examples of word-for-word copying" to produce last year's "Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth, and Power -- A Dispatch from the Beach." Owen's Manhattan federal court suit seeks unspecified damages from Posner, w
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Mumford High School Shooting: 2 Students Shot In Detroit
13 minutes ago · At least two were shot just outside of Mumford High School in Detroit this afternoon, per Fox Detroit. Police confirmed two Mumford students were shot, Local 4 News reported. The incident took place on the first day of school for Mumford High, located on Detroit's near-northwest side. According to ABC-7 in Detroit, the shooting did not take place on school property, but instead just feet away and witnesses say the incident began with a fight at the school that spilled out into the streets.
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US church to go ahead with Sept. 11 Quran burning
19 minutes ago · GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A Christian minister vowed Tuesday to go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Quran to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite warnings from the White House and the top U.S. general in Afghanistan that doing so would endanger American troops overseas. Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center said he understands the government's concerns, but plans to go forward with the burning this Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the attacks. He left the d
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Rahm Emanuel 'surprised' Chicago mayor won't seek reelection (mum about running)
26 minutes ago · White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he was "surprised" by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's decision not to seek reelection but offered no hint as to whether he might be a candidate to succeed him. "While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago," Emanuel said in an e-mailed statement Tuesday afternoon. Daley's announcem
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US judge refuses to lift ban on govt stem cell funds
34 minutes ago · WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite warnings from the Obama administration that it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth rejected the Obama administration's request to lift his injunction while the government appeals his ruling that barred federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research. (Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, Edit
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India's PM says China's territorial ambition must be challenged
37 minutes ago · India must prepare to counter China's territorial ambitions in South Asia, Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, has warned. By Dean Nelson in New Delhi. He was speaking against a background of growing tensions between the world's two fastest growing economies and a number of diplomatic incidents relating to their long-standing border dispute. The two countries fought a war in 1962, and China still claims parts of Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir and Tawang district in Arunachal Prad
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Chevron on offensive in Ecuador suit
40 minutes ago · Chevron on offensive in Ecuador suit Published: Sept. 7, 2010 at 3:36 PM LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. oil giant Chevron is waging a legal campaign to undermine opposing attorneys in a $27 billion lawsuit over polluted oil wells in Ecuador, documents show. In the case now 17 years old, Chevron has increased its efforts to discredit the plaintiffs' legal team, most recently by having a U.S. federal judge subpoena the plaintiffs' lead attorney, Steven Donziger, the San Francis
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Feds: Hospital Gunman Threatened Obama, Clinton
40 minutes ago · Ex-Soldier Who Held 3 Hostages at Ga. Military Hospital Monday Said He Planned to Kill the President, Prosecutors Say (CBS/AP) Federal prosecutors say a former Army soldier told authorities he planned to kill President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton after he was arrested in a hostage standoff at a Georgia military hospital. Charges filed in federal court Tuesday identify the suspect as Robert Anthony Quinones. Authorities say he's the former soldier who took three employee
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Sep 07 · Ugly? Indeed. Americans? I’m not so sure. You decide whether the Tea Parties represent you and your country. Hint: would you be proud to have your mother see you acting like this? Is this the way you want your children to remember you? I. Sept. 2009 “It’s Your Fault!” For those of you who thought that disease strikes at random, the Tea Baggers have news for you. If you develop a crippling disease such as multiple sclerosis it is your own fault . God hates you. That is why he made you
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Sep 06 · The Paul Ryan budget is still talked about approvingly by Republican candidates but just six months after the plans were published they still will not talk about what it means. Now two mnths before an election there is little hope of Republicans discussing their tax plan. If you are not a rich American you will face a Republican Tax Bombshell. People need to be reminded exactly what the Republican proposals mean to them individually. Mother Jones did an article about it in March. The figures
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Sep 06 · When the words of Tony Blair toward "the left" were posted here by , I remembered when the Clintons, Blair, and others started the Third Way. There was no room for the left of the party. There still is not. The party leaders have been making snide comments about us Blair's recent words offended me, considering he joined with the DLC and Bush, ignored the left's outcries, and invaded Iraq anyway. Bad choice, Tony. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says that the toughest part o
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Sep 06 · (Michael Moore sent Rahm Emmanuel a little note for Labor Day) Happy F*ckin' Labor Day! by Michael Moore Mon Sep 06, 2010 at 06:10:23 PM PDT .................... Before there were unions, there was no middle class. Working people didn't get to send their kids to college, few were able to own their own fucking home, nobody could take a fucking day off for a funeral or a sick day or they might lose their fucking job. Then working people organized themselves into unions. The bosses an
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Sep 06 · Bradenton Prep Academy and its troubled rather secretive history is a good example of this lack of oversight. HERALD-TRIBUNE ARCHIVE / 2010 / CHRISTOPHER O? Prep Learning Academy wants to operate from this building but has no permit. BRADENTON - Bradenton Preparatory Academy owner Hendrik Lamprecht recently told parents the school had received a new accreditation from a “prestigious international accreditation body.” The school's accreditation was also recently renewed by a ma
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Sep 06 · "I hope to God someone shoots you dead, you liberal Pig" Mon Sep 06, 2010 at 08:37:48 AM PDT Another day, another story of right-wing rage against the African American guy in the White House, how it constitutes a public menace to all of us, and how we had better not sit out this election and turn the country over to these lunatics. Thanks to the Arlington County (Virginia) Democratic Committee's superb Deputy Chair Maureen Markham for sharing (bolding added by me for emphasis). Dear
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Sep 05 · from HuffPost: Jane White President of Retirement Solutions, LLC. Posted: September 6, 2010 09:00 AM Work Until You're Dead? That May Be the Only Option for Many Americans Many Americans are likely to have to work until they are dead, not as a result of Social Security shortfalls but because of their inadequate 401(k) savings or the fact that they have no retirement plan at all. This disaster has not dawned on the mutual fund companies that manage retirement assets, much less de
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Sep 05 · It is time to start packing for the trip back home. It is getting cold and snow will be here mid-week. The weather will definitely slow down packing. This morning was 28-degrees with high winds and heavy mist before the fog burned off. The north face of the lookout got a good glazing of ice. The ice was gone by 10 AM. Tonight will be colder, probably near 20-degrees here. I'll be headed into Bend tomorrow morning for two days off. Sunrise yesterday (Saturday 9-4) with drift smoke
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Sep 05 · How many of these wealthy, politically connected people are going to stand up for Social Security? The Commission needs 14 people to agree on their recommendations. I can find only three who may fight to protect Social Security. Looking at the makeup of the Commission it should come as no surprise that they are planning on cutting SS benefits, pretending that doing so would help reduce the Deficit! That is a lie! If anything cutting SS benefits could increase the deficit. Increasing
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Sep 05 · Which is very true. These are Bush's education plan right down the line. There is a NYT article from this week that tells some of the things Arne said on his tour with his big blue bus. His really big blue bus. Picture from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan arrives Thursday at J.S. Clark Elementary during his national tour themed Courage in the Classroom: Honoring America’s Teachers. And from the NYT this week: These should be fighting words for Democrats, instead
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Sep 05 · WARNING: Money-launderers using muslims as red herrings. Sun Sep 05, 2010 at 10:51:53 AM PDT "WTF?" That's what I'd say if I woke up to that headline. But trust me, it's true. By the time I'm done you will see that Terry D. Jones, the asshat in Gainesville, who is stirring up a shitstorm by promising to burn copies of the Koran ain't motivated by love -- as he claims. He ain't motivated by fear of Islam taking over America an enforcing sharia law. He ain't motivated by hate
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Sep 05 · Sometimes a man just has to stand up and do what's right. Not to do what he thinks he can get done in the present. Not the path of least resistance. Not the politically expedient thing. Not the big compromise. Just stand up for what's right, and fight for it. Make a stand and take it to the people. Damn the consequences. I was thinking about a man of just such convictions the other day. He's forgotten for the most part these days, but he left an irreversible mark on history during his lifetim
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