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ILLINOIS STYLE: Roadside memorials proliferate
(Peoria) Journal StarThey are not like the massive billboards and flashing neon signs calculated to grab your attention. They are often stark, sometimes crude. It is the simplicity of the roadside memorial that grabs the eye, then the attention, of the stranger, if only for...Tags: Transportation, Commuting, Road Transportation, Vehicles, Traffic
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Obama hits McCain on Social Security
Associated Press WriterDemocratic presidential nominee Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain's approach to Social Security on Saturday, saying it would undermine the government program aimed mainly at retirees. Obama said McCain's campaign has suggested trimming...Tags: Elections, State Budgets, Wages and Pensions, Retirement, Social Security
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New owner says Highsmith workers to face layoffs
A Janesville company that recently purchased Highsmith Co. of Fort Atkinson has informed state officials that 86 Highsmith employees won't be offered continued employment. Lab Safety Supply filed a notice with the Department of Workforce Development...Tags: Employees
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Tag-teaming Pennsylvania
and Scott Kraus Of The Morning Call| The talk was guns and butter Friday for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as he barnstormed blue-collar Pennsylvania. At a precision glass company here, the Illinois senator vowed to reinvigorate the nation's manufacturing sector by, among...Tags: Democratic National Conventions, Republican National Conventions, Political Candidates, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden
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Conn. officials, residents brace for Hanna
Road crews cleaned storm drains, festival organizers secured their tents and homeowners in low-lying areas moved valuables out of their basements throughout Connecticut on Saturday in anticipation of Tropical Storm Hanna's arrival. The wind-driven...Tags: Tropical Storm Hanna, Tropical Storms, Floods, Charity
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PETA files complaint against Agriprocessors
Associated Press WriterThe Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville was cited for improper slaughtering of cattle three days after the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a federal complaint against the facility. The complaint was filed after PETA reviewed a...Tags: Food Industry, Healthcare Policies, Religious Leaders, Employees, Judaism
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Palins lawyer has already questioned 2 witnesses
The lawyer for Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, is moving swiftly to head off the controversy known as "Troopergate." With the country's attention focused on Palin the national candidate, lawyer Thomas Van...Tags: Witnesses, Elections, Vehicles, Lawyers, Social Security
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Neither funny biker nor hard worker is woman's right match
DEAR ABBY: I am a woman living with a man, but "in love" with another man whom I formerly dated but broke up with because he's an alcoholic. "Spike" is a true biker -- exciting, funny and fun. Our lifestyles didn't mesh, so I made the decision we shouldn'...Tags: Mental Illness, Veterans Affairs, Illnesses, Labor Legislation, Abigail Van Buren
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Crane supervisor faces punishment in fatal fall
The supervisor of a construction site worker who fell to his death from a Manhattan crane tower faces administrative charges for failing to properly oversee the dismantling of the crane, according to New York City officials. Gene Altobelli, 56, whose... -
Foreign students often exploited
The Virginia GazetteElena Gulyaeva believes the Historic Triangle could go further in helping international workers during their 90-day stays. Gulyaeva, a Russian student better known as “Helen,” was one of three young women beaten and robbed in Grove this...Tags: Employers, Williamsburg, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Health and Safety at School, Personal Data Collection
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Obama: 'Not going to mess with' guns
The Swampby James Oliphant DURYEA, Pa.--At a campaign event here Friday, Barack Obama ran headlong into the one of the issues that dogs him in this battleground state. "There are rumors going around that . . . you're going to take......Tags: Civil Rights, Political Candidates, Safety of Citizens, Sarah Palin, Assault
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Administrative charges in fatal NYC tower fall
Officials say a construction worker's rigging license has been suspended and he's facing administrative charges after a worker plummeted 40 stories to his death at a midtown Manhattan skyscraper. The city Department of Investigation and Buildings...
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