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Plymouth manufacturer may not have needed to issue WARN notice
PLYMOUTH – A Plymouth manufacturer has suddenly shut its doors, taking its 110 workers and the city by surprise. Many of them are upset the company didn't give proper notice of the plant closing. The federal WARN act says 60 days notice must be...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Employees, Economy, Business and Finance
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French forces enter Mali to fight Islamist insurgents
PARIS — A column of about 30 French tanks and several troop carriers, accompanied by a helicopter, crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast in an international mission to take control of the African nation’s north from Islamist extremists, French...Tags: Côte d'Ivoire, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Paris (France), Mali, France
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Pakistan Supreme Court orders arrest of prime minister
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of the prime minister in connection with a scandal from his days as water and power minister. The decision broadsides President Asif Ali Zardari’s government just as he...
Tags: Judges, Government, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights
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New column on Obama feeds Israeli election campaign
JERUSALEM -- Critical comments about Israel's current leaders attributed to President Obama played into Israel's upcoming elections Tuesday as candidates quickly incorporated the message into their campaign. In a column for Bloomberg news service,...
Tags: Government, United Nations, Likud, White House, West Bank
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California manufacturing jobs fall through the cracks
The shutdown of a 102-year-old California manufacturing company points to a major flaw in California's industrial development policy: We don't have one. The company is Pneumatic Scale Angelus, which turned out top-of-the-line machines for sealing lids...
Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Taxation, United Steelworkers, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Cubans no longer need special exit permit to travel off island
MEXICO CITY -- Cubans now for the first time have the right to travel off the island without a special exit permit, the latest in reforms that the communist government is slowly enacting in hopes of reinvigorating its troubled economy. The new and much-...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Cuba
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Weekend homicide wave hits Mexican capital and suburbs
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's capital and its sprawling suburbs in neighboring Mexico state notched at least 32 violent homicides over the weekend, in what authorities described as an atypical wave of violence for the urban core of the country....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico City, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Murder, Mexico
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Syria refugees say rape is a key reason they fled, report says
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Rape is one of the primary reasons that Syrian refugees say they fled their country, “a significant and disturbing feature” of the war raging between rebels and Syrian...
Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Sexual Assault, Abusive Behavior, Rape, Lebanon
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China pollution results in factory closures, flight cancellations
BEIJING -- A prolonged spell of air pollution across a large area of China has led to the cancellation of flights and sporting activities and the closure of highways, factories and construction sites. From Beijing to Guiyang, 1,400 miles to the...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, China, Beijing (China)
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BGE, seeking rate increase, to make case to regulators
Hearings begin Monday in a case that will decide whether Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers can expect higher distribution charges next year. BGE is asking for increases that would come to about $6.62 a month for the typical residential electric...
Tags: Government, Prices, St. Paul Street, Energy, Civil and Public Service
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Chicago International Film Festival's first slate announced
Broadly speaking, a film festival's programmers can handle news of a new lineup one of two ways: all at once, or nearly; or the drib-drab approach. The Chicago International Film Festival goes for the dribs and drabs. The 48th edition of founder and...
Tags: Shameless (tv program), Arts and Culture, Movies, Holy Motors (movie), Iran
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Twinkie, Ding-Dong runs reported as Hostess bakery closes
L.A. NOWThere was a sense of mourning Friday at the Wonder Hostess Bakery Thrift Shop in Glendale as both workers and customers came to terms with the end of the company and its famous snacks. Glendale resident Charlie Ruiz, 63, walked......
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