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Workers win a big round in Chicago factory sit-in (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:24:01 +0800

United Electrical Union Workers Local President Armando Robles, left, and U.E. Western Regional President Carl Rosen address the media about negotiations with Bank of America and Republic Windows and Doors on the fourth day of a sit-in at the companies factory Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 in Chicago. The band of 200 workers demanding severance and vacation pay have become a national symbol for the millions of laid off workers across the country after the company abruptly fired them last week when the Bank of America cut off the companies line of credit prompting them to occupy their former workplace. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)! AP - The creditor of a Chicago plant where laid-off employees are conducting a sit-in to demand severance pay said Tuesday it would extend loans to the factory so it could resolve the dispute, though the workers declared their protest unfinished.


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Illinois governor's arrest stuns politicos (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:13:06 +0800

These undated file photos show former Illinois Govs. Dan Walker, left, and Otto Kerner. Walker pleaded guilty in 1987 to fraud and perjury charges and served 17 1/2 months in federal prison. Kerner was convicted in 1973 of bribery, conspiracy, income tax evasion, perjury and mail fraud and served 20 months. (AP Photo/File)AP - The words on the recording sound as if they were uttered by a mob boss. Instead, the feds say, it is the governor of Illinois speaking.


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Alaska governor's office sent suspicious powder (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:01:19 +0800

A hazardous material team leaves the state office building in Juneau, Alaska Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 where a letter containing a white power was opened. The envelope had a Texas postmark and was addressed to Gov. Sarah Palin's predecessor, former Gov. Frank Murkowski, who left office two years ago. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - An eighth letter containing suspicious powder and addressed to a governor's office was intercepted in Alaska on Tuesday, and it bore a Texas postmark like suspicious mailings to other governors this week, officials said.


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Homicide probe opened in apparent NYC bias crime (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:54:51 +0800

AP - Authorities opened a homicide investigation Tuesday into a vicious attack on an Ecuadorean immigrant whose assailants shouted anti-gay and anti-Hispanic slurs, then beat him with a baseball bat and kicked him.

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NJ commission says state should allow gay marriage (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:03:57 +0800

A man displays a placard during a demonstration in Los Angeles last month to condemn a ban on same-sex marriages. Angered by the passage of a law banning same-sex marriage, gay rights activists are urging people to call in AP - A commission has concluded that New Jersey legislators should allow gay couples to marry, setting up what could be a spirited debate over whether the state should be the first to allow gay marriage by passing a law, rather than by court mandate.


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Blagojevich climbed Illinois' political ladder (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:41:48 +0800

This Nov. 5, 2008 file photo shows Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich at a news conference in Chicago. Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday Dec. 9, 2008 on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has two signature traits: defiance and optimism.


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Feds: Governor tried to get Tribune writers fired (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:15:30 +0800

AP - Hoping to squelch criticism from the state's largest newspaper, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to strong-arm the Chicago Tribune into firing editorial writers who were discussing his possible impeachment.

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3 NYPD officers charged in subway sodomy case (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:34:37 +0800

This undated photo provided by the Brooklyn district attorney's office shows New York City police officer Richard Kern. Kern and fellow police officers Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales were charged with felonies Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 for their alleged role in an attack on Michael Mineo, who authorities say was sodomized with a piece of police equipment in a subway station on October 15. (AP Photo/Brooklyn district attorney)AP - A police officer warned a tattoo parlor worker that if he reported being sodomized with a baton during an arrest at a New York subway station, officers would lock him up for a felony, prosecutors said Tuesday.


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Arrest another chapter in corrupt Ill. history (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:26:47 +0800

AP - Federal prosecutors' stunning allegations of corruption by Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday once again reminded the nation of Illinois' shameful history of crooked governors.

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'Nanny' state? Drescher eyes Clinton's Senate seat (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:23:56 +0800

In this Aug. 21, 2008 file photo, Fran Drescher arrives at 'A Black and White Gala for Barack Obama...America's Next President,' in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - The star of "The Nanny" wants to go from playing nasally New Yawkers to succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate.


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Pa. teen charged in foiled school attack plot (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:36:49 +0800

AP - A 15-year-old boy stole his father's guns to use in a suicidal attack against enemies at his suburban Philadelphia high school but was thwarted when a friend threw the weapons in a river, authorities said.

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Study: US students score higher in math (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:41:25 +0800

Students respond to a question during panel discussion with finance experts at the High School of Economics and Finance in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. While stocks are down, student interest in economics appears to be trending upward. The financial crisis has made 'the dismal science' more relevant and immediate to many high school and college students, and they are suddenly paying closer attention in class. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - American schoolchildren do better than people think in math and science, but Asian students still dominate in math and have gained ground in science, an international! study found.


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Government rests case in Fort Dix plot trial (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:32:45 +0800

AP - Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against five men accused of planning to kill American soldiers at New Jersey's Fort Dix, after 25 days of presenting evidence.

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Convicted Oregon child killer is denied parole (AP)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:08:19 +0800

In this undated handout photo provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Elizabeth Diane Downs.  Downs was convicted of killing her 7-year-old daughter, Cheryl Lynn, and wounding 3-year-old Danny and 8-year-old Christie Ann. Downs, now 53, will face the Oregon Board of Parole for the first time on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections)AP - A woman convicted of killing her daughter a quarter-century ago was denied parole Tuesday after proclaiming her innocence and recalling the slain girl as lovable and "cuddly."


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