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US says Guantanamo strike grows; extent in dispute
MIAMI (AP) — One of the best known prisoners in Guantanamo says a hunger strike at the U.S. base in Cuba has grown to include 130 men in a protest over their confinement. Shaker Aamer tells his lawyer that he has lost 32 pounds during the strike...
Tags: Prisons, Saudi Arabia, Career and Workplace
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Fiscal court hears report on value of inmate labor to Boyle solid waste efforts
smojica@amnews.comInmates of the Boyle County Detention Center contributed nearly $100,000 of services to the county solid waste and recycling department in 2012. Approved inmates staff the recycling center and saved an estimated $94,500 in labor costs last year,...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Career and Workplace
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However court rules, gay marriage debate won't end
NEW YORK (AP) — However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come. In oral arguments Tuesday and Wednesday on two cases involving gay...
Tags: Marriage, Barack Obama, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Starbucks Corp., Gays and Lesbians
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Mich. courts weigh suits against right-to-work law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several courts are weighing a host of legal questions about Michigan's right-to-work law, including how it was passed and how it will affect tens of thousands of public workers, however, none were expected to issue rulings...Tags: Government, Politics, Laws, Trials, Career and Workplace
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Congratulations to re-elected Armenian president spark Burbank hunger strike
Ara Manoogian hadn’t eaten for nine days as of Monday, and he was prepared to go without food for weeks, or even months, more. Camped in an RV parked outside Rep. Adam Schiff’s Burbank office, Manoogian said his hunger strike was in protest...
Tags: Politics, Serzh Sargsyan, Strikes, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace
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Hong Kong rules against residency for foreign domestic helpers
Foreigners who cook, clean houses and care for children in Hong Kong will not be eligible to become permanent residents like other workers from abroad, a final appeals court ruled Monday. The unanimous ruling disappointed the Filipino workers who...
Tags: Pakistan, Hong Kong, Politics, Labor Legislation, Employees
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Is Prime Healthcare settling scores with union?
In recent years, Prime Healthcare has built a reputation as a take-no-prisoners company willing to run roughshod over patients and employees alike in its quest for profits — $283 million on revenue of $1.6 billion in 2010, according to a financial...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Healthcare Contract Issues, Medicare, Trials
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From pride to disillusionment: a black leader sours on Obama
I can hear 'em now. "He's a good guy"; "He's a family man"; "He'll govern like a moderate"; "It will be so good for the country"; "He's post-partisan." That the election of a mixed-race candidate for president sent positive messages about America around...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Barack Obama, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. Department of State, Employment
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San Francisco Symphony musicians go out on strike
L.A. NOWLugging picket signs and instrument cases in front of the concert hall where they perform, musicians from San Francisco's acclaimed symphony orchestra went on strike Wednesday, causing the cancellation of at least one performance and throwing an East... -
News of the Weird: Brothels for the Disabled
A Verizon risk team, looking for data breaches on a client's computers, discovered that one company software developer was basically idle for many months, yet remained productive — because he had outsourced his projects to a Chinese software...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, United Kingdom, Prostitution, Science, Dining and Drinking
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Jessamine inmates building fence for honor-guard horses
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comInmates from the Jessamine County Detention Center’s Class D program are building a fence covering 10 acres that will be home to horses from the Camp Nelson Honor Guard. The work started last Thursday when 10 inmates began to dig post holes and...Tags: Human Interest, Animals, Career and Workplace
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Bankruptcy Judge Says HealthBridge Can Reduce Worker Benefits
The Hartford CourantA New Jersey bankruptcy judge ruled Monday that HealthBridge Management can temporarily reduce the benefits of its 600 union workers at five nursing homes in Connecticut while it lines up financing to continue operating. HealthBridge argued that...Tags: Newington, Nursing Homes, Trials, Health Insurance, Companies and Corporations
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