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Active and retired members of the United Mine Workers, along with labor and community supporters, will rally at the Henderson County Courthouse in Henderson, Kentucky, as part of a nationwide campaign to protect active and retired miners who work – or have worked – for Patriot Coal, Arch Coal and Peabody Energy.Read more...
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Active and retired members of the United Mine Workers, along with labor and community supporters, will march and rally in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday May 21. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Kathy Surratt-States will rule on or before May 29 on a request by Patriot Coal to effectively eliminate health care benefits for more than 23,000 retired miners and their families.
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Urgent action is needed to reduce the U.S. military’s dangerous dependence on foreign suppliers for the raw materials, parts, and finished products needed to defend America, according to a new study prepared by Brigadier General John Adams (U.S. Army, Retired).Read more...
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Excessive levels of the protein CD33 can impede the clearance of the plaque-forming protein, amyloid beta, the key component of senile plaques in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients. The discovery, made by Dr. Rudolph Tanzi and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital, and co-funded by the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) will be published in the journal Neuron.Read more...
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Since May 31, violence and unrest have erupted in 67 of Turkey’s 81 provinces. What began as a peaceful demonstration against the planned demolition of Gezi Park quickly turned aggressive, leaving thousands injured and some dead. The government’s recent apology for its inappropriate behavior was not enough to subdue the riots, especially since the Prime Minister still plans to destroy the park.Read more...
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Thoughts High-Speed Rail to Rally U.S EconomyCheap labor in other countries around the world has negatively impacted the U.S economy and its manufacturing industries. In some countries, the cost of labor is very cheap, which lowers the cost of manufacturing goods. As a result of these lower costs of production, millions of manufacturing jobs have been driven out of the U.S. to nations overseas such as Bangladesh and Singapore.
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A college education is more important now than ever before, but the rising cost of tuition is drowning our students in debt. In fact, student loan debt in the country this year tops an astounding one trillion dollars. Right now, many of my friends and fellow Tricom interns are working hard to pay off their loan debts. Legislators are now trying to pass a bill that could make the debt crisis even worse. The current fixed 3.4 percent interest rate on government student loans will double to an overwhelming 6.8 percent if some members of Congress have their way. Read more...
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There are over 300 million people in the United States. One person is born every eight seconds and one person dies every 12 seconds. But, to most people, that does not really mean much. Those are just numbers. Unless you know that one person who died 12 seconds ago when you started reading this, you don’t really care.Read more...
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