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Tainted tomatoes blamed on FDA
The Swamp(Photo: Scott Olson/AFP/Getty Images) by Frank James As the Food and Drug Administration tries to determine the cause of the tainted tomatoes that have sickened hundreds and been implicated in at least one death, the Center for Science in......Tags: Health Organizations, Illnesses, Healthcare Policies, Florida, Career and Workplace
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McCain on SS: It's a disgrace, and I don't have a plan
Spin CycleMcCain yesterday made the odd comment that Social Security was a "disgrace" because younger workers' taxes are used to support the elderly in retirement. Odd because -- yes, that's the way Social Security has been set up for more......Tags: Society, Hillary Clinton, Employees, Wages and Pensions, Social Security
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Faulty wiring killing U.S. troops in Iraq
The Swampby Frank James As if U.S. troops in Iraq didn't have enough to deal with -- the many tours in-country and consequent separations from family, the possibility of being killed or maimed, the heat -- there's the possibility of being......Tags: Government, Family, National Government, Career and Workplace, Wars and Interventions
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James from Deer Park is fed up with announcer bashing!
WatchdogMy new favorite WFAN caller is James from Deer Park, who this afternoon called Chris Russo in exasperation and said this: "It seems like no matter what announcers do, every caller seems to wait for the opportunity to just kill......Tags: Deer Park (Cook, Illinois), Career and Workplace
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Bill aims to ban toy-like lighters
The SwampA display of novelty lighters sits on the counter at a Skokie, Ill. Marathon gas station, which sells lighters that have lights on them along with other toy-like designs, July 17, 2007. (Chicago Tribune Photo By David Trotman-Wilkins) by......Tags: Services and Shopping, Baby Products, Maine, Toy Industry, Skokie
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If You Notice a Little ???Off-Gassing,??? Blame the Car
MotherproofThere is no nice way to say this, so I???m just going to throw it out there: Odds are, your car and your child-safety seats are releasing toxic chemicals into the air you breathe through a process called ???off-gassing.??? I know, as if you needed...Tags: Graco Incorporated, Suzuki, Acura, BMW, Vehicles
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Obama: 'Not going to mess with' guns
The Swampby James Oliphant DURYEA, Pa.--At a campaign event here Friday, Barack Obama ran headlong into the one of the issues that dogs him in this battleground state. "There are rumors going around that . . . you're going to take......Tags: Safety of Citizens, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Civil Rights
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Obama: Financial stability fee (Updated)
Spin CycleObama, speaking in Reno, adds another idea to the rescue plan: a fee on Wall Street to eventually make the taxpayers whole. It's been kicking around, supported by some Dems, but not part of the plan voted down yesterday: "If......Tags: Small Businesses, Natural Gas, United States, Lobbying, Wages and Pensions
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Obama, McCain sell bailout, hate it, too
The Swampby Christi Parsons GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--As if peddling a product with a $700 billion price tag wasn't hard enough, the two traveling salesmen for the Wall Street bailout have an added challenge: John McCain and Barack Obama have to make......Tags: Government, Michigan State University, John McCain, Barack Obama, National Government
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WFAN buzz points to Joe Benigno as strong candidate
WatchdogOMG, Best is writing about the WFAN afternoon show AGAIN?! Yup. That's the lead item for my Friday newspaper column. I've been promising to weigh in with some sort of opinion when the guest parade winds down, which apparently it......Tags: Career and Workplace
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Obama Meets the Press on his No. 1 job
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with transcript President-elect Barack Obama, confronting the question of the beleaguered economy and tense international challenges that he is facing, explained his approaches to both fronts in an interview aired by NBC's Meet...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Diplomacy, Bankruptcy, Interior Policy
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Robin Toner, NYT reporter, dead at 54
The Swampby Frank James It was with profound sadness that we learned today of the death of Robin Toner of the New York Times, one of Washington's most respected political reporters, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Toner was one of......Tags: The New York Times, Bill Clinton, News Media, New York, Social Issues
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