'Little Rock Nine' member Jefferson Thomas dead at 67
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By the CNN Wire Staff Jefferson Thomas is one of nine students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. (CNN) -- Jefferson Thomas, one of the so-called "Little Rock Nine," the nine students who integrated Central High ...
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Little Rock Nine member Jefferson Thomas dies at age 68 in OhioToday's THV
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Obama to outline $50-billion plan to jumpstart economy
Los Angeles Times
The White House says the president will outline transportation spending proposals in his Labor Day speech in Minnesota. The package is front-loaded with a cash surge to boost jobs in the short term, officials say. By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune ...
Obama proposed $50 billion to rebuild road, rails and runwaysMiamiHerald.com
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Labor Day Videos
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We have President Grover Cleveland for making today a national holiday in the United States. The catalyst, as with many positive changes in US history, was prompted by bloodshed – the deaths of workers during the infamous Pullman Strike – but few ...
FDR and Labor: Earning Our Way Out of the Great RecessionHuffington Post (blog)
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IAEA: Iran still enriching uranium
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By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- In defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, Iran continues its uranium enrichment activities, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency released Monday. At its nuclear facility in Natanz, ...
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UN nuke agency warns monitoring of Iran hamperedThe Associated Press
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South African Public Workers' Strike Suspended
Voice of America
Photo: AP South African public service unions say they are suspending a nationwide strike that has disrupted schools and hospitals. Union officials made the announcement after meetings on Monday. However, the unions cautioned that they have not ...
S. African strike ends, public services to resume TuesdayCNN International
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Two million French people to strike over Sarkozy's pensions reform
Telegraph.co.uk
Two million French people will take to the streets on Tuesday to protest against a pension reform seen as crucial for Nicolas Sarkozy's chances of re-election in 2012. Train and plane travel will be severely disrupted across France while schools and ...
Sarkozy to press ahead with controversial immigration lawThe Guardian
French unions launch major strike over plans to raise retirement age to 62The Canadian Press
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Plane crashes on street in southern Nevada
Washington Post
AP HENDERSON, Nev. -- The Federal Aviation Administration says a small airplane has crashed on a street in a residential neighborhood in southern Nevada. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor says the pilot of a Piper Cherokee took off from Henderson Executive ...
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BP sees no impact to Gulf operations from storm
Reuters
HOUSTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L)(BP.N), the largest oil producer in US-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico, said Monday that Tropical Storm Hermine was not expected to affect its offshore operations. Hermine, which formed early Monday ...
Tropical Storm Gaston may be revived, Hermine is born in the GulfMiamiHerald.com
Hermine prompts hurricane watches in Mexico, TexasAFP
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French minister Kouchner pledges to help save Ashtiani
BBC News
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said he is willing "to do anything" to save an Iranian woman facing a death sentence for adultery. "If I must go to Tehran to save her, I'll go to Tehran," Mr Kouchner said of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, ...
Son: Iran woman who faced stoning to be lashedThe Associated Press
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Merkel confident on nuclear plan despite opposition
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after she made a statement to the media at the chancellery in Berlin September 6, 2010. By Peter Dinkloh and Vera Eckert FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was confident a law ...
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