The views expressed in this article are not necessarily the endorsed by AFL-CIO or GroundReport.com By Jeff Crosby “We just lost a big chunk of our retirement,” grumbled more than one person down at the Union Hall last week, when General Electric Co. (GE) stock tumbled. “I got two houses on my street under foreclosure […]
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE !
—– Original Message —– From: Max Watts To: WATTS MAX Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 1:19 PM Subject: RN3280ND 14 ISRAEL – With Friends Like These. 1/ please note: I have been corrected by RH, a Leichhardt expert: Ludwig Leichhardt – the (East) German explorer of Queensland and the Northern Territories – in […]
Torres And Babel To Make Anfield Exit?
Liverpool’s recent success always found a way to be taken away quickly by conditions outside of their control. Three yeras ago, their celebrations after winning in Istambul were cut short because their vacations were abbreviated after UEFA’s ruling forced them to play every qualifying round leading up to the group stages as a means […]
Presidential Hopefuls Join Workers at Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention
by Seth Michaels More than a thousand union members from around Pennsylvania have gathered in Philadelphia this week for the 38th annual Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention, where they heard from both Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the two contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination. Focusing on this fall’s elections, workers […]
Dallas Mavericks Failed to Get Momentum after Kidd Trade
NBA Team Dallas Mavericks is hoping against hope after they acquired Jason Kidd from New Jersey Nets in a blockbuster trade last February 2008. The Mavericks lost no time in getting Kidd to their fold in what could be considered as a team buildup to finally get the coveted championship trophy. Jason Kidd is a […]
French Court Freezes Sale of Saddam’s £17m Yacht
The Ocean Breeze comes in a modest 34th in the league table of super-yachts. For the paranoid billionaire, however, this 82-meter vessel offers some must-have features: storage space for surface-to-air missiles, bulletproof glass and, in case things get too hot, a secret passage leading to a mini-submarine escape pod. Moored at Nice since 2003, the […]
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