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In apparel industry, advantages of Made in U.S.A. label wear thin
Patriotism isn't easy. Just ask L.A.'s garment makers. Three years after combining their names to create Venley, a company that produces T-shirts and other basics in a downtown Los Angeles factory, onetime fraternity brothers Nick Ventura and Kevin...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Fashion Trends, Human Rights, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Mexico
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2013 Dodge Dart faces recall over stalling issue
Autoblog.comFiled under: Budget, Sedan, Recalls, Safety Chrysler has announced that it will recall some 14,800 Dodge Dart compacts due to a potential stalling issue. The Auburn Hills-based automaker says that select 2013 model year sedans equipped with its 1.4-... -
Bill Daley to explore run for Illinois governor
Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley plans to announce Tuesday that he's forming an exploratory committee as he weighs a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Pat Quinn. The move allows Daley to start raising money and not let the summer slip...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Trade Dispute, Regional Authority, Chicago Mayor, Gun Control
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Acura seeks second wind with greater U.S. presence
Detroit Free PressAcura, Honda's luxury brand, is shifting design, engineering and production of its vehicles to the U.S. The new 2014 MDX crossover vehicle that goes on sale in July is the first Acura to be developed entirely by the company's Ohio tech center, the...Tags: Chrysler, Passenger Cars, Lincoln, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Bewitching memories for this film buff
What a thrill to see the production of "Wicked." It brought back some wonderful memories for me as I was privileged to meet the actress Margaret Hamilton, who magnificently portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 movie version of "The Wizard of...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Diseases and Illnesses, Employment Opportunities, Disease Prevention
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After failure on gun legislation, Obama learning limits of his power
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Six months after his triumphant re-election, President Barack Obama has run into the hard reality of the modern presidency. The cheering crowds that helped vault him into a second term in the White House mean little, if anything, back in...Tags: George C. Edwards, Trade Dispute, John F. Kennedy, State University of New York, Joe Biden
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Senate rejected Toomey-backed sugar amendment to farm bill
Call Washington BureauDisputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown. Helping to lead the candy...Tags: Robert P. Casey, Jr., Patrick J. Toomey, Consumer Goods Industries, Just Born, Inc., Dianne Feinstein
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A floor of decency
Robert Koehler"Everywhere near the building, the stench of death was overpowering. Men in surgical masks sprayed disinfectant in the air." We move from tragedy to tragedy with hellish regularity. "The scope of injuries," Jim Yardley writes in the New York Times, "was...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Robert Koehler, The Huffington Post, Bangladesh, NBC (tv network)
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Memo to Emery: Draft starters. Plural.
My issue isn’t that Bears General Manager Phil Emery has fewer draft picks than he has positional needs. Every GM has fewer picks than he has needs. Just ask them. But for those of you keeping score at home, Tribune football guru Dan Pompei did...
Tags: Shea McClellin, Evan Rodriguez, Judges, Jay Cutler, Jerry Angelo
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How Republicans raided the welfare state and left it flat broke
I would like to add some points to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich's column "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). Mr. Ehrlich fails to mention the fact that every president since Lyndon Johnson, beginning in 1964, has raided the Social Security...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Trade Dispute, Pension and Welfare, Social Security, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Bid to ban commercial trade in polar bears fails
An unusual coalition between the U.S. and Russia to win an international ban on commercial trade of polar bear parts failed Thursday. Meeting in Bangkok, delegates to the 176-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted down a U....
Tags: Russia, Population, European Union, Trade Dispute, Hunting
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Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers
For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and...
Tags: Joseph P. Kennedy, Trade Dispute, China, Poverty, Jimmy Carter
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