Public school teachers are at the forefront of protests against state budget cuts and restrictions on collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin, New Jersey, Ohio, and elsewhere. Teachers have a lot to lose. According to Department of Education statistics, in 2007-2008 (the latest year available), full-time public school teachers across the country made an average of $53,230 in Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Big Government Discovery Date : 03/03/2011 16:00 Number of articles : 4
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President Barack Obama said Thursday that he expects and hopes that the NFL and the players’ union will settle their labor dispute before threatening the 2011 season. The league’s collective bargaining agreement expires at midnight. (March 3)
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Security forces loyal to the man clinging to power in Ivory Coast fatally shot six women protesting his refusal to leave office Thursday, as the UN said more than 200000 people have fled the intensified fighting. (March 3)
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Lady Gaga proved she’s got the stuff to make it in the cruel world of fashion with her high-impact catwalk debut at Mugler’s fall-winter 2011-12 ready-to-wear show. (March 3)
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Late-night comics hope the Charlie Sheen story never ends and the world — judging by social media — can’t get enough of the troubled sitcom star. (March 3)
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Talking at a press conference in Japan for thriller ‘The Tourist,’ Johnny Depp admitted he was amazed by Angelina Jolie’s parental skills. (March 3)
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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus challenged the legality Thursday of a Bangladeshi government order dismissing him as the head of the microfinance bank he founded. (March 3)
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President Barack Obama says Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave. (March 3)
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Seeking to repair damaged relations, President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed to deepen cooperation in combating drug violence and declared a breakthrough ending a long-standing dispute over cross-border trucking. (March 3)
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This Is Important, You Should Watch It of the Day: Last month, Tea Party members gathered outside an ICNA (Islamic Circle of North America)-sponsored charity event held to raise money for women’s shelters and hunger relief, and hurled racist epithets and bewildering ethnocentric remarks at the American-Muslim families entering the Yorba Linda Community Center. Several members of congress even showed… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 03/03/2011 05:42 Number of articles : 5
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