All Stories from June 22, 2011 (Change date)
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Stocks sink after weak jobs report; oil dropsJun 22, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — An unexpected jump in claims for unemployment benefits and plummeting oil prices drove stocks lower early Thursday. The government said the number of people a...
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FBI's beauty shop campaign nets most wantedJun 22, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — James "Whitey" Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for his role in 19 murders, was captured Wednesday near Los Angeles ...
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Yahoo Chairman says CEO has board's supportJun 22, 2011 11:00 pm - SANTA CLARA, California — Yahoo Inc. Chairman Roy Bostock sought to defuse speculation that CEO Carol Bartz's job is in danger with a ringing endorsement of her performa...
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Peace can be achieved in Middle EastJun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - Perhaps by now the people in the Arab countries might be starting to realize that it is their leaders and not Israel who have been their enemies all these many years. Th...
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End this sugary perk for lawmakersJun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - It’s painful to consider the ways our state built its pension crisis. State lawmakers refusing to pay into funds when required by law. End-of-career salary bumps creatin...
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No voice for citizens in remap processJun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - Much has been written in the press about redistricting this past year, and after the new maps are passed, little will be written about the process until the next redistr...
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Cut deficit but keep food on the tableJun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - It is easy enough to say that the government needs to balance the federal budget, but selecting the programs that get cut is proving to be very controversial. Every spec...
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Kirk not moderate as he claimsJun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - In a June 9 blog post on his Senate website titled “Mark Kirk and the Politics of Moderation,” Senator Kirk lays out the claim of being a moderate voice in the Senate. I...
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When the accent is on languageJun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - Tensions flared during testimony leading up to the final state Senate vote on Texas’ sanctuary cities bill — and not just over whether the new measures would have a chil...
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Is city ownership better — or not?Jun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - Chicago’s current mayor wants city ownership of its casino. However, the previous mayor sold the city’s parking meter franchise and the Skyway and tried to privatize Mid...