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Carlos Slim firm files California complaint against detractors
SACRAMENTO -- Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim is punching back at an advocacy group that's been criticizing him across the country and on the steps of the California Capitol building. Slim's Miami-based subsidiary, TracFone Wireless Inc., on...
Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Career and Workplace, Bill Gates, Carlos Slim
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Patient care workers set to start walkout at five UC hospitals
Respiratory therapists, nursing aides, surgical technicians and other patient care workers plan to stage a walkout starting Tuesday morning at five University of California medical centers. More than 12,000 workers from the American Federation of State,...Tags: Unions, Nursing, Medical Procedures and Tests, Judges, AFSCME
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Bangor school board votes to test all employees for drugs
After sitting through more than two hours of debate among Bangor Area School District directors, Dawn Riso went away partially satisfied Monday that all district employees will be drug tested going forward. But that won't bring back her daughter. Gina...Tags: Heroin, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Personal Data Collection, U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party
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Chicago's GrubHub to merge with Seamless
One company was founded in Chicago by hungry software engineers, the other in New York by hungry lawyers. Both were looking to replace restaurants' paper takeout menus with Web-based technology. Now the two rivals are joining forces. GrubHub, one of...
Tags: Software Industry, Startups, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Consumers, Chicago Restaurants
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Conservatives, tea party leaders seek to block immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul. The open letter to the Senate, which will be released Tuesday,...Tags: Justice and Rights, Entertainment, Radio, Tea Party Movement, Chuck Schumer
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Health care premiums
The selling points of our 2,400-page Healthcare Law has three good pages that all Americans agree with: covering pre-existing conditions, covering children through age 26, and closing the doughnut hole for seniors on Medicare. The remainder of the 2,...Tags: Healthcare Laws, Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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Senators press forward on immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Senators are pushing forward on changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul, preparing to vote the bill out of the Judiciary Committee before Congress adjourns for the Memorial Day recess. The bill largely has withstood the assaults of...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, U.S. Congress, Harry Reid, Politics, Interior Policy
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Federal immigration services union joins opposition to bill
WASHINGTON – A labor union that represents federal officers who vet immigration applications has decided to oppose the immigration overhaul winding through the Senate, saying provisions in the bill could lead to fraud. The proposed legislation...
Tags: Politics, Justice System, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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Broward women brought 143 Haitian workers to US for fake jobs, feds say
The 143 workers paid as much as $3,500 each, lured to South Florida from Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said. But when they arrived,...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Margate, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Fort Lauderdale, Prosecution
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Memorial Day 2013 closings
Washington County - All county administrative offices will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. - Trash will not be collected. - The County Commuter will not operate Monday. - City of Hagerstown - City of Hagerstown offices are closed Monday. -...Tags: Human Interest, Memorial Day, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Career and Workplace, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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New sheriff seeks 14 percent budget increase
Broward County's new sheriff wants more money. Some $93.7 million more. That amounts to a 14 percent budget hike — or about half the price of the new county courthouse under construction. Broward Sheriff Scott Israel would use the money to add 72...Tags: Politics, Local Government, Career and Workplace, Broward County, Collective Contract
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