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Well, that's the other side of the world...
Take 1,100 people out of a city in North America and the world would have something to talk about for weeks, regardless of the circumstances. Changes would occur, with 9/11 serving as the obvious example. Have the same number of people killed in a place...Tags: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Consumer Goods Industries
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Cummings a disgrace in Benghazi hearings
The other day I sat down to watch some of the coverage of the Benghazi hearings and almost spit out my drink in utter dismay at the ignorance and incompetence of Rep. Elijah Cummings ("U.S. diplomat details attack in Benghazi," May 9). Now, mind you...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Department of State, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Dangers on the job have one group taking action
selzie@kspr.comBRANSON, Mo. - For some workers taking extreme risks is all a part of the job but sometimes it can lead to injuries or even death. According to the Safety Council of the Ozarks working in construction poses one of the biggest safety threats, but even...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Labor Legislation
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Judge orders JPL to drop discipline over scientists' email
A National Labor Relations Board judge has ordered NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to rescind disciplinary actions against five scientists who shared emails at work about a Supreme Court decision on background security checks for JPL employees....Tags: Employees, George W. Bush, Judges, Science, Work Relations
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Harris: Patrick Fitzgerald offers lesson on complexities of terrorism law
Complex. Even messy. That's the reality of prosecuting terrorism cases, former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told his University of Chicago law school students at the outset of a recent class he taught with law firm colleague Michael Scudder. The...
Tags: Terrorism, Rod Blagojevich, Clarence Darrow, Defendants, Pakistan
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Editorial: Make uncovering Benghazi truth a bipartisan mission
"A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al-Qaida is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead." —President Barack Obama to the Democratic National Convention, Sept. 6, 2012. Five nights after that speech, scores of attackers...Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, U.S. Senate, Univision (tv network), U.S. Department of Defense, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
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Sikh man, 82, beaten with pipe in Fresno in suspected hate crime
FRESNO -- An 82 year-old Sikh man was beaten with a steel pipe outside a Fresno temple in what police believe is a hate crime, setting the Central Valley's well-established Sikh community on edge. Piara Singh, strong for his age and universally known...Tags: FBI, Hate Crimes
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Bringing drones out of the shadows
The use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists, a practice that has dramatically escalated during the Obama administration, is receiving fresh and welcome scrutiny in Congress and elsewhere even as the number of drone strikes seems to be on the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Yemen, Central Intelligence Agency
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The changing of the guard
Daily American Staff WriterANNVILLE — American involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts could be drawing to a close, but the National Guard may never be the same. In the 10 years since the initial siege of Baghdad, the role of guardsmen and women has shifted...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Religion and Belief, Employment Opportunities, Vietnam
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Letters: Benghazi and partisanship
Re "Lawmakers hear official's account of Benghazi events," May 8 After failing to connect President Obama to any real scandals, Republicans have resurrected the 8-month-old attack in Benghazi, Libya. This, while also taking a shot at Hillary Rodham...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Elections, Benghazi, Politics, Barack Obama
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New York's One World Trade Center spire finally goes up
New York City can once again claim to be home to the tallest building in the country, and the Western Hemisphere for that matter. On Friday, workers topped off the new One World Trade Center building with a spire making the structure 1,776 feet tall,...
Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Politics, One World Trade Center
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Christopher Shinn's plays explore what victims do next
NEW YORK — David Mamet has his hustlers, Edward Albee his domestic warriors, Tony Kushner his brilliant self-flagellators. If playwright Christopher Shinn has a signature character, it is the manipulative victim — the half-sympathetic, half-...
Tags: Genetics, Iraq War (2003-2011), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lower East Side
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