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Unemployment near 10 percent
The Swampby Don Lee The nation's jobless rate unexpectedly jumped last month to a 26-year high of 9.7 percent, up from 9.4 percent in July, the government reported today, as employers shed 216,000 jobs over the month. The August job cuts......Tags: Columbus, Labor Legislation, Unemployment, New York, Politics
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President's speech: 'Season for action'
The Swampby Mark Silva "I am not the first president to take up this cause,'' President Barack Obama plans to tell Congress and the nation this evening in his push for health-care reform, "but I am determined to be the last.......Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Justice System, Medicare, Government Health Care
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Obama, health: 'Time for games passed'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 9:20 pm President Barack Obama, offering some concessions to Republicans and yielding some of his own ground on health care, maintained tonight that a "public option'' of government-run insurance is only one option open......Tags: Getty Images Inc., Jeff Flake, John McCain, Politics, Lawyers
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Supreme Court: Chicago firefighters up
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court plunged back today into the legal fight over firefighters, test scores and accusations of racial discrimination, this time to decide when the disappointed candidates must file a lawsuit. At issue is whether the......Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice System, Politics, Civil Laws, Alabama
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Unemployment inches up: 9.8 percent
The Swampby Don Lee The nation's labor market took a turn for the worse in September as employers eliminated a net 263,000 jobs, far more than expected and reversing a pattern of steadily declining payroll losses in recent months, the Labor......Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Business, Career and Workplace, Employment
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Health-care voting time: Battle lines
The Swampby Mark Silva As the Senate Finance Committee sets out to vote today on a health-care overhaul which supporters say will offer heatlh insurance to millions of more Americans -- with the Congressional Budget Office setting the cost at about......Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Politics, Medicare, Consumers, Government Health Care
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White House vs FOX News: War in review
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated After a week at "war'' with the FOX News Channel, the White House maintained today that it really isn't too concerned about what FOX says about the administration - and also gave new, high-level......Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Iraq, Financial Markets, Drugs and Medicines, Politics
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First Ladies of health: Obama, Clinton
The Swampby Mark Silva Former First lady Hillary Clinton wasn't the only spouse in the White House with a hand in health-care reform: First Lady Michelle Obama organized and ran a health-care initiative in Chicago credited for cutting emergency room costs,......Tags: Constitutional Issues, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Justice System, Lawyers
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Unemployment surpasses 10 percent
The Swampby Don Lee The nation's unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in October, reaching double digits for the first time in 26 years, the Labor Department reported today. The unexpected sharp increase, from 9.8 percent in September, came as employers......Tags: Unemployment, Education, Business, Berkeley (Alameda, California), University of California
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GOP: Growing gov't with health care
The Swampby Mark Silva As the Senate nears a vote on advancing to debate over health-care, Republicans are holding ground against a bill which they insist will only grow the government and raise taxes. They don't accept the $848-billion price tag......Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Politics, Medicare, Government Health Care, Mike Crapo
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Few job losses in November: Rate eases
The Swampby Don Lee In a positive jobs report before the holidays, the nation's unemployment rate eased to 10 percent in November, from 10.2 percent in October, and the number of workers on payrolls was essentially unchanged last month, the Labor......Tags: Unemployment, White House, Employees, Allentown, Labor Markets
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Obama seeks 'accelerating' job-growth
The Swampby Mark Silva On the heels of the best employment report of the year -- albeit one with continuing job losses -- President Barack Obama says additional steps will be needed to help a reviving economy produce more new jobs......Tags: Death, Unemployment, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Football
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