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Labor official brings minimum-wage push to Baltimore
The fight over the federal minimum wage is coming to Baltimore. The head of the U.S. Department of Labor plans to swing into town Tuesday to talk to low-wage workers about how they make — or don't make — ends meet. Seth D. Harris, the agency'...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Breads, Small Businesses, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Congressional Democrats demand resignation of Brown appointee
SACRAMENTO -- Five Congressional Democrats have demanded the resignation of a top official in Gov. Jerry Brown's administration for comments the official allegedly made about the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The controversy surrounds...Tags: Politics, Mike Thompson, Anna Eshoo, Government, Jerry McNerney
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Michael Penny Carter
Michael Penny Carter, a longtime public schools and community activist who had been director of family and community engagement for the Baltimore school system, died Tuesday of prostate cancer at a sister's home in West Baltimore. The Harlem Park...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Cancer, Frederick Douglass, Prostate Cancer, Coppin State University
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Congo Park Expanded to Protect Chimpanzees
The Republic of Congo has formally expanded Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to protect an increasingly rare treasure: one of Africa’s most pristine forests and a population of “naive” chimpanzees with so little exposure to humans that the...Tags: Lincoln Park Zoo, John Robinson, Endangered Species, Conservation, National Parks
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Bill seeks to require drug screening for jobless benefits
Nation NowLegislation introduced by Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) would require applicants for federally subsidized jobless benefits to fill out a questionnaire used for drug screening to determine whether they should then have to take a drug test. Those identified as... -
Senate to examine child abuse laws in wake of Penn State scandal
Nation NowThe Penn State child sex-abuse scandal has prompted calls for a Senate committee hearing on whether stronger laws are needed to protect children from child abuse and neglect.... -
Shock waves from scandal continue to spread
The child sex scandal at Penn State University reverberated Thursday on multiple fronts, touching everything from promotional buttons to superstar athletes to bowl bids as state and national media raced to keep track.
A vague post in an Internet forum...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, College Football, The New York Times, The Pennsylvania State University, Franco Harris
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'U Visa' debate: Should illegal immigrant workers have more rights? [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.In the 1930's, occupations held largely by African Americans were not protected under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Today, there is still little federal protection for professions many undocumented workers hold -- namely agricultural laborers and home... -
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House Votes to repeal Obama's health care law
AP Special CorrespondentSwiftly honoring a campaign pledge, newly empowered Republicans pushed legislation to repeal the nation's year-old health care overhaul through the House Wednesday night, brushing aside implacable opposition in the Senate and a veto threat from...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Congressional Budget Office, Harry Reid, Democratic Party, Insurance
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Port Chicago, site of a World War II home front tragedy, is a classroom today
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe bombs erupted along Pier No. 1, thousands of them, about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. And 66 years later, you can still spot a few twisted hunks of metal near water's edge, an American flag snapping in the wind overhead. This is Port...Tags: Travel, San Francisco, Disasters and Accidents, Prosecution, Civil Unrest
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