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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

August 12 News Update


Gaza homes 'uninhabitable' as tens of thousands come back to rubble
New Iraq prime minister nominated, but Maliki refuses to leave
Outrage Over Teenager’s Death Erupts on Social Media *
US expects surge in undocumented students
Mexico energy reform boosts fracking fears
EDF Energy says shuts down nuclear reactors in Britain
Labor steps up big-time to help pass paid Eugene sick leave
Southwest braces as Lake Mead water levels drop
U.S. can keep court orders, phone cos secret in NSA spy case
First Nations worry Mount Polley impact not as benign as claimed
Worker crushed, killed by falling forklift near Guelph
Bangladeshi workers get overdue pay
Study: extreme weather is increasing
Invader Batters Rural America, Shrugging Off Herbicides *
Public Housing in New York Reaches a Fiscal Crisis *
Police Files on Radicals Are at Center of a Lawsuit *
Medicaid Rolls Are Growing Even in States That Rejected Federal Funds *


Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.

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Bill Onasch at 5:10 AM

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Retiree member of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1287. Active member National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. Webmaster of kclabor.org since March, 2000. Former Vice-President of ATU 1287. In Minneapolis during Seventies-Eighties held several posts in UE Local 1139 including Local President and Shop Chairman at Litton Microwave. Charter member of Labor Party Advocates. Founding member of US Labor Against the War.
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