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T to cut 12,000 jobs, 4 percent of staff
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Pressured by the economic turmoil and the mounting loss of traditional phone customers, AT&T Inc. is cutting 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force. The Dallas-based telecommunications company, the nation's largest, said the...Tags: AT&T Corp., Collective Contract, Employees, Credit Suisse Group, Cell Phones
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Mexico is returning migrants to Cuba
The Associated PressMexico is sending illegal Cuban migrants home for the first time under a new accord aimed at cutting off an increasingly violent human-trafficking route to the United States, an official said Thursday. Before Mexico signed the agreement with Cuba in...Tags: Illegal Immigrants
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Afghans fight a killer: Birth
Tribune correspondentGHANI KHEL, Afghanistan — A year ago, Wahida watched her aunt suffer in labor for 18 hours before dying. Her isolated village of 1,000 people in eastern Nuristan province had no clinic, no doctor, no roads to get help. "We couldn't take her...Tags: Death and Dying, Diseases, Medical Staff, Reproduction, Infants
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Mexico sends home first group of Cuban migrants under new bilateral immigration accord
Associated Press WriterMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico sent home the first group of illegal Cuban migrants under a new accord aimed at cutting off an increasingly violent human-trafficking route to the United States, the government said Thursday. The 41 migrants left the...Tags: Immigration, Migration, Armed Forces, Defense, Illegal Immigrants
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Illinois sees slight decline in school enrollment
Tribune reportersEnrollment in Illinois public schools slipped last year for the first time in nearly two decades, a decline that could portend a flat-lining in the state's school-age population. The dip, though slight, stands in contrast to the dramatic growth seen in...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Population, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Report Cards
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Full throttle on wrong track
As the Republican Party surveys its post-election train wreck, the pain must be even greater knowing that, with Hispanic voters, the GOP drove itself off the track. Hispanics voted 67 percent for Barack Obama, playing a key role in flipping Colorado,...Tags: Parties and Movements, Values, National or Ethnic Minorities, Illegal Immigrants, Karl Rove
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President-elect's new team offers promise, talent, if not obvious change
South Florida Sun-SentinelTHE ISSUE: Obama's Cabinet and administration take shape. President-elect Barack Obama's picks for Cabinet posts and various other positions have not only been smart. The choices should leave the nation assured that Team Obama will be ready to hit the...Tags: Robert Gates, Hillary Clinton, Government, Parliament, Barack Obama
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Reports: Wis. agents saw few Election Day problems
Associated Press WriterThe 50 agents and prosecutors Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen sent to monitor the presidential election reported very few problems, according to reports made public Thursday. "Uneventful, steady, friendly, happy," assistant attorney general Rebecca...Tags: Voting, Employees, Vehicles, Prosecution, Democratic Party
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21 illegal Guatemalan immigrants say they were abducted, beaten, raped by Texas captors
McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ Twenty-one Guatemalan immigrants told authorities they were abducted from a Texas smuggler's safehouse and threatened, beaten and in some cases raped. Border Patrol agents found the illegal immigrants packed into a mobile home...Tags: Immigration, Migration, Organized Crime, Sexual Assault, Illegal Immigrants
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Activists call for investigation of Suffolk hate-crime statistics
reid.epstein@newsday.comThe Suffolk Legislature should create a task force to investigate the county's official hate crime statistics, Legis. DuWayne Gregory said Tuesday. Gregory (D-Amityville) said he will introduce legislation later this month to create a 12-member panel...Tags: Migration, Labor Legislation, Refugee, Immigration, Hampton Bays
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Miller wins first-age group title in N.Y. Marathon
Alan Miller is getting more than his 15 minutes of fame. The Cooper City elite masters runner was awarded first place in the 60-64 age group a week after he completed his 26th ING New York City Marathon. Miller, 60, finished the39th annual marathon in 3...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Judaism, Awards and Prizes, Marathon of the Palm Beaches, New York City Police Department
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Tax activist's ad challenges Obama's eligibility for office
Tribune reportersAn anti-tax activist from upstate New York who is questioning whether President-elect Barack Obama is a "natural born citizen" eligible for the nation's top job said Tuesday that his non-profit group spent "tens of thousands of dollars" to get his message...Tags: Government, Labor Legislation, Newspapers, Honolulu, State Budgets
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