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50 best restaurants -- starting tomorrow, nos. 50-41
Dining@LargeThis week, starting tomorrow, we will be posting a photo gallery of Baltimore's 50 best restaurants. Tomorrow we'll reveal nos. 50 through 41. I'll link to the gallery from Dining@Large as soon it's up, or you can go hunting for......Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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AFL-CIO: High-gear Obama turnout drive
The Swampby Jill Zuckman With less than four weeks until Election Day, the AFL-CIO is kicking into high gear as it targets the hardest to persuade voters that Barack Obama should be the next president. Using phone calls, mail and direct......Tags: Government, Football, Unions, John McCain, Defense
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Obama union ally hits racism head on
The Swampby Frank James National Public Radio's Don Gonyea had a terrific story on "Morning Edition" today on how labor leader Richard Trumka has been challenging white union members who are reluctant to vote for Sen. Barack Obama for racial......Tags: Unions, Democratic National Conventions, Barack Obama, Racism, Career and Workplace
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Fight over unionizing takes to TV
The Swampby Frank James The presidential election is getting most of the attention but there are obviously a lot of congressional elections this year too. And a battle between employers and labor unions over workplace unionizing efforts is figuring in......Tags: National Government, Government, Unions, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Obama gets union aid in final stretch
The Swampby Jill Zuckman With union voters in Rust Belt states expected to make up to as much as 35 percent of the electorate there, thousands of AFL-CIO volunteers will make a final push beginning Saturday to get out the vote......Tags: Election Day, People, Football, Unions, John McCain
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Obama puts Moran, Pfeiffer in key jobs
The Swampby Christi Parsons Ellen Moran, executive director of EMILY's List, will join Barack Obama's White House as director of communications. And Dan Pfeiffer, a key Obama communications strategist and sopkesman, will serve as deputy director of communications....Tags: John Kerry, Debbie Stabenow, Tim Johnson, Government, U.S. Presidential Transition (2009)
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Obama a no-show in Georgia Senate race
The SwampTribune Correspondent James Oliphant spent last week in Georgia, covering the U.S. Senate runoff between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. The race could determine the success of the Democratic legislative agenda. Here is his report:...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Ohio, U.S. Presidential Transition (2009), Bill Clinton, John McCain
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Obama to name Rep. Solis to Labor post
The Swampby Frank James Rep. Hilda Solis of the Los Angeles-area is reportedly President-elect Barack Obama's choice for Labor Department secretary and the raves are coming in. Labor likes her a lot (no surprise there. A pick this important would have......Tags: Government, Charity, Unions, Barack Obama, Los Angeles
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Barack Obama: 'Pragmatic progressive'
The Swampby Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten Some liberals might think that R. Bruce Josten has no business visiting President-elect Barack Obama's transition office once, let alone 16 times. That's because Josten is the top lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of......Tags: Ronald Reagan, Philosophy, U.S. Presidential Transition (2009), Unions, Bill Clinton
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Obama: Republican Commerce sec'y?
The Swampby Peter Nicholas Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) is under consideration for the Commerce secretary post in President Obama's cabinet, raising the prospect that Democrats could gain a filibuster-proof majority of 60 seats in the Senate, according to two...Tags: New Hampshire, Executive Branch, White House, Politics, Al Franken
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Obama: Job losses demand stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama sees in the newest report of unemployment today - 3.6 million jobs lost since the start of the recession a little over a year ago - another signal that Congress cannot afford to wait......Tags: Virginia, Caterpillar Inc., Government, Yale University, Job Layoffs
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Obama taps right, left for econ advice
The Swampby Christi Parsons President Barack Obama plans to name conservative economist Martin Feldstein, a recent critic of his stimulus plan, to serve on a special panel advising him on economic policy. Feldstein will join an array of prominent CEOs and......Tags: Ronald Reagan, Caterpillar Inc., Government, Treaties, Unions
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