Unionization efforts lead to tensions among farmers in eastern Washington statePASCO, Wash. — Margarito Martinez says he was fired from the eastern Washington dairy that employed him for more than a year because he tried to unionize the company. Nine co-workers say they also were let go for affiliations with the budding union. AP Poll: Opposition to health care overhaul drops, but Americans remain divided over plansWASHINGTON — The fever has broken. The patient is out of intensive care. But if you’re President Barack Obama, you can’t stop pacing the waiting room. Health care overhaul is still in guarded condition. INSIDE WASHINGTON: Sleeping on duty when it comes to scrutiny of war contractorsWASHINGTON — During a routine check of a watch tower at a U.S. military base in Kuwait, an Army sergeant found the guard leaning back in a chair, his sunglasses on, apparently sound asleep. When the soldier woke the guard, an employee of a defense contractor named Combat Support Associates, he denied he’d dozed off while on duty. Chinese dissidents top Nobel Peace Prize speculation in 20th anniversary year of TiananmenOSLO — Chinese dissidents are leading the odds of winning the Nobel Peace Prize this year, the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the 60th since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. Mich. House members take votes on tax, revenue increases; more likely in days aheadLANSING, Mich. — Democratic lawmakers have begun what could be an uphill fight to raise some taxes and find more revenue for a college scholarship program, health care, and local governments in Michigan. Anti-prostitution group files lawsuit in Mexico to keep Garcia Marquez book off the big screen
Federal recovery teams handing out tents, other materials to American Samoa tsunami victimsPAGO PAGO, American Samoa — Federal recovery teams were to deliver tents and other shelter materials to 75 American Samoa families from tsunami-ravaged villages who have been staying in emergency shelters, authorities said Tuesday. New records from CIA: Cuban exile and accused terrorist informed on fellow anti-Castro plotsMIAMI — Recently released CIA files from the mid-1960s show Cuban exile and accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles informed on violent Miami-based efforts to attack Fidel Castro’s fledgling Cuban government even as he was deeply involved in helping them. Senate confirms top civil rights official at Justice DepartmentWASHINGTON — The Senate voted 72-22 Tuesday to confirm Thomas Perez as the Justice Department’s top civil rights official. University of Washington to give honorary degree to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-MoonSEATTLE — The University of Washington will give an honorary degree to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon when he visits the school later this month. Chicago teen slayings may have roots in school closings that send students across gang linesCHICAGO — Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on Chicago’s South Side than walk or take the bus, fearing the fights that start in school will be settled later on the streets. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert meets with gay rights group after opposing anti-discrimination lawsSALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert met with a gay rights advocacy group Tuesday for the first time since saying he opposes providing legal protections for gay and transgender people. Concrete walls put up to protect Samarra’s famed golden dome shrine now creates divideSAMARRA, Iraq — The U.S. military on Tuesday handed over the last of its bases outside Samarra, a city billed as a reconciliation success story. Worries linger though that wartime remedies like barriers and checkpoints will encourage divisions and undermine hard-won security gains. How the poll on Obama & Afghanistan was conductedThe Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Barack Obama and Afghanistan was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Oct. 1-5, 2009. It was based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,003 adults. Interviews were conducted with 803 respondents on landline telephones and 200 on cellular phones. AP Poll: Obama’s job approval rises after declining since inauguration; war support declinesNEW YORK — President Barack Obama’s approval ratings are starting to rise after declining ever since his inauguration, new poll figures show as the country’s mood begins to brighten. But concerns about the economy, health care and war persist, and support for the war in Afghanistan is falling. Same-sex marriage bill that would let couples wed in nation’s capital appears unstoppableWASHINGTON — A bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in the nation’s capital was introduced Tuesday, a measure that even opponents acknowledged seems almost unstoppable. School districts, nonprofits can get extra stimulus dollars for Obama-backed school reformsWASHINGTON — School districts and nonprofit partners can benefit from a $650 million competitive grant fund for school reforms pushed by President Barack Obama. Feds won’t renew deal that gives Arizona sheriff power to make federal immigration arrestsPHOENIX — An Arizona sheriff known for aggressively cracking down on illegal immigration has been stripped of some of his special power to enforce federal immigration law, and he claims the Obama administration is taking away his authority for political reasons. Microsoft gives $100K to Wash. campaign supporting more partnership rights for gay couplesOLYMPIA, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. has donated $100,000 to the campaign supporting more partnership rights for Washington state gay couples. Democrats seek to effectively reverse another Supreme Court ruling on job discriminationWASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are trying to counter another Supreme Court decision on employment discrimination, this time taking aim at a ruling that makes it harder for older workers to prove age bias. Ohio police say student bit teacher on the arm and had to be pried off by school officialDAYTON, Ohio — Police said an Ohio elementary school student bit a teacher on the arm and had to be pried off by a school official. Dayton police said the child was brought to the assistant principal’s office at Patterson-Kennedy Elementary School Monday by teacher Stephen Green. The boy began throwing things in the office and had to be restrained by Green. 30 years after first national gay march, activists to rally in D.C. again for equal rightsSAN FRANCISCO — A Democrat in the White House. Demands for sweeping civil rights protections. Religious opponents working to undo a string of state-based victories. Animal cruelty videos at center of Supreme Court case on free speech protectionsWASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices, skeptical of a law aimed at graphic animal cruelty videos, touched Tuesday on dog fights, bull fights, cock fights, bow-and-arrow hunting, even a hypothetical television channel devoted to human sacrifice. Oh, yes, and freedom of speech. Dalai Lama and Obama will not meet this week as monk receives rights awardWASHINGTON — Lawmakers honored the Dalai Lama with a human rights award Tuesday even as President Barack Obama faced harsh criticism for delaying a meeting with the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader. Mafia, violent criminals turning to Medicare fraud for greater payoff, lighter sentencesMIAMI — Lured by easier money and shorter prison sentences, Mafia figures and other violent criminals are increasingly moving into Medicare fraud and spilling blood over what was once a white-collar crime. Ohio considering bone, muscle injection in prison death chamber in wake of failed executionCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is considering new ways of administering lethal drugs to condemned inmates in the wake of a failed execution last month. US envoy in Honduras condemns ‘disgusting’ anti-Semitic remarks by pro-Zelaya radio directorTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The U.S. Ambassador in Honduras has condemned anti-Semitic remarks by a local radio news director who has been an outspoken opponent of the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Abducted Tenn. newborn’s mom regaining custody of 4 kids, cleared of baby-selling claimNASHVILLE, Tenn. — A mother will be reunited with her newborn son after losing him twice, first to a kidnapper and then to state custody after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell him. Children of Russian activist Politkovskaya call for mother’s killers to be brought to justiceMOSCOW — Three years after their mother was gunned down in her Moscow apartment building, Anna Politkovskaya’s son and daughter said Tuesday they are losing hope the killers will ever be brought to justice. Afghan museum exhibits looted artifacts seized at British portsKABUL — The National Museum of Afghanistan on Tuesday unveiled hundreds of looted artifacts, some dating back as far as the 11th century, seized from smugglers trying to sell them on Europe’s black market. |
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