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Obama Says Jobless Rate Likely to Tick Up for Several Months - Wall Street Journal border=

Obama Says Jobless Rate Likely to Tick Up for Several Months - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that the US jobless rate, already at its highest level in more than a quarter century, is likely to worsen for several months. "My expectation is that we will probably continue to …
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Palin slams Obama on energy plan - Boston Globe border=

Palin slams Obama on energy plan - Boston Globe

Boston Globe
In her post-governor life, Sarah Palin apparently wants to be serious policy analyst, as well as GOP heavyweight, mother, etc. In an op-ed piece in today's Washington Post, she critiques the energy plan that President Obama and Democratic allies in …
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Hope for California budget deal as 'IOUs' planned - Reuters border=

Hope for California budget deal as 'IOUs' planned - Reuters

Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 (Reuters) - Top California lawmakers raised hope on Thursday that an elusive budget deal could be at hand, as officials began issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis on the second day of a new …
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Fire union gives chief vote of 'no confidence' - Boston Globe border=

Fire union gives chief vote of 'no confidence' - Boston Globe

Boston Globe
The Boston firefighters union's executive board yesterday announced a vote of “no confidence'' in Fire Commissioner Roderick J. Fraser Jr., as firefighters voiced their outrage with two Boston companies' closures. …
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MySpace cyber-bulling conviction tentatively dismissed - Los Angeles Times border=

MySpace cyber-bulling conviction tentatively dismissed - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
A federal judge tentatively throws out guilty verdicts in a hoax that led to a teen girl's suicide. By Alexandra Zavis A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday tentatively threw out the conviction of a Missouri woman for her role in a cruel Internet …
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Washington Post scraps plans for 'salons' after uproar - Los Angeles Times border=

Washington Post scraps plans for 'salons' after uproar - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Washington — The Washington Post's publisher abruptly canceled a series of policy dinners Thursday that were to have been underwritten by lobbyists or corporations willing to pay thousands of dollars to be in the same …
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South Carolina gov. cleared on use of state funds - Reuters border=

South Carolina gov. cleared on use of state funds - Reuters

Reuters
ATLANTA, July 2 (Reuters) - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who faces growing calls to quit over an extramarital affair, did not misuse public funds in trips he made to see his mistress, the state's top police official said on …
The State
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Judge clarifies purpose at first federal Proposition 8 hearing - Los Angeles Times border=

Judge clarifies purpose at first federal Proposition 8 hearing - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
Jeff Chiu / AP Theodore B. Olson, representing, from left, Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier and another gay couple, had sought an injunction blocking the measure. The request was denied. A US District Court judge reminds lawyers that he will not …
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Troubles Plague Cyberspy Defense - Wall Street Journal border=

Troubles Plague Cyberspy Defense - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON — The flagship system designed to protect the US government's computer networks from cyberspies is being stymied by technical limitations and privacy concerns, according to current and former national-security officials. …
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Peers admonish federal judge over Web sex files - The Associated Press border=

Peers admonish federal judge over Web sex files - The Associated Press

The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A high-ranking federal judge who made sexually explicit material available on the Internet was cleared of judicial misconduct with an admonishment Thursday by fellow judges. Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, of the 9th US Circuit Court of …
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The American Lawyer
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