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Falcon Theatre comedy spoofs modern big business
If you’ve ever been put off by a job interview that was intimidating, demeaning or just plain strange, be thankful you weren’t among the candidates for a job at Burnham & Burnham, the fictional Fortune 500 company in “The Grönholm...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Employment, Entertainment, Companies and Corporations
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Out of the Blue: Stand up against Monsanto
If you believe you have a right to know what you put in your body, join us at 11 a.m. Saturday at Main Beach for the March Against Monsanto. If you believe our Aliso Beach fire pits are a sacred right to enjoy a bonfire at the beach, let your local...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Politics, Diabetes, Environmental Issues, Genetic Engineering
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Toomey: It's hard to conclude that IRS scrutiny wasn't politically motivated
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that without knowing who at the Internal Revenue Service is responsible for the extra scrutiny applied to tea party groups, it's impossible to conclude it was not politically motivated. Toomey made the...Tags: White House, Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Lehigh County, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Review: "The Unwinding" by George Packer
The New America of George Packer's ambitious history, "The Unwinding," is a morally compromised patchwork of failed institutions, Ponzi schemes, bankruptcies, foreclosures, ignorance and fear. But it is also a country where idealism still exists, and...Tags: Journalism, Media Industry, Tampa, Peter Thiel, Off-Broadway Theater
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Occupy This! Tales of an Accidental Activist'
If you've seen Tommy "Rev. Nuge" Nugent in his previous shows "Preacherman" or "Burning Man and the Rev. Nuge," it will come as no surprise to learn that the laid-back philosopher has some kindred spirits within the Occupy Wall Street movement - but it...
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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: Politics, Bob Corker, Federal Reserve, Parties and Movements, Social Security
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants student loans to get Fed discount rate
WASHINGTON -- Students taking out government loans to help pay for college should pay the same rock-bottom interest rate that the Federal Reserve charges big banks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) proposed Wednesday. With the interest rate on federal...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Elizabeth Warren
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May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything
NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....
Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Politics, Phoenix (music group), International Workers' Day, Chelsea (Staten Island, New York)
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May Day demonstrators rally across U.S.
May Day protesters marched down streets across the country Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. The crowds numbered...
Tags: Politics, International Workers' Day, Electronics, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Retail, fast-food workers rally for higher pay in Chicago
Standing with other protesters on Chicago's storied State Street, Charde Nabors, 21, said she's fighting for better pay and more opportunities for workers like her. Nabors said she earns $9 an hour at Sears and would like to work full time, rather...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Political Dissent, New York City, Navy Pier, Chicago Transit Authority
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'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'
"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...Tags: Politics, Entertainment, NPR, John F. Kennedy, Mitt Romney
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