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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Census Bureau says it is having little trouble finding census workers for its 2010 survey in a struggling economy. With temporary jobs that pay between $10 and $20 per hour, applicants with...
OSLO, Norway, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The first two Norwegians to die of swine flu were carrying a mutated version of the H1N1 virus, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said Friday. The World Health Organization in Geneva said...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is talking with NATO officials about staging a coordinated rollout of a new Afghanistan war strategy, sources say. Citing "officials familiar with the...
Lawmakers Feel Pressure to Respond to Voters' Economic Pain as White House, Allies Focus Efforts on Passing Health Overhaul By PETER WALLSTEN and NAFTALI BENDAVID WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Party's broad ruling coalition is...
New York Times Berkeley Students Protest Higher Fees Wall Street Journal BERKELEY, Calif. -- Students occupied a building Friday on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, in an escalation of protests over large...
Voice of America Obama Calls for More us Exports to Asia Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON--US President Barack Obama, fresh from his first presidential trip to Asia, called for the US to increase exports to that region, saying...
New York Times Congress Grows Fed Up Despite Central Bank's Push Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve's strategy to fend off a barrage of attacks from Congress, largely centered on low-key diplomacy by Chairman...
Lou Barlow visits The Current studio for an interview and live performance. In the Guardian, Zadie Smith examines the appeal of essay writing to novelists. Perfect essays abound in this world – almost every one of Joan Didion's...
BBC News Landrieu Says She'll Back Democrats on Key Health-Care Vote Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—Democrat Mary Landrieu of Louisiana said Saturday she would vote to move forward with debate on health-care legislation, as the...
WEST LONG BRANCH — Not all followers of Islam are fanatics. But when the acts or words of Muslim extremists grab headline after headline and lead television news programs, that may get lost in the chatter, said Asra Nomani,...
