Chicago Tribune John Kass column
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May 26--This weekend's Memorial Day proclamation from President Barack Obama was like so many other gracious sentiments commemorating America's war dead. And like all the others, whether delivered by a president or by some junior councilman from the smallest burg, it mentioned the magic word: Freedom. "From Concord to the Korengal, generations of brave warriors have fought for freedom across ...

May/26/2013 02:10 AM

American workers losing ground on wages
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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May 26--Competition from China and other low-wage rivals, coupled with fallout from the 2007-'09 financial crisis, has put American wages under such unprecedented strain that they have shifted into reverse -- not merely stagnating, but falling. And workers in Wisconsin are among the hardest hit in this bare-knuckled global phenomenon. "Water finds its equilibrium, its own level," says Jeff ...

May/26/2013 02:04 AM

Lab crisis hits state house
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Boston Herald
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May 26--A man whose drug conviction was reversed after he was sprung from prison because of the massive drug lab scandal is targeting former top state officials in a potential "nightmare" experts say could cast a spotlight on policy failures in the Patrick administration and dog the governor if he pursues a White House bid in 2016. "Once you get into discovery, it could be a nightmare," said ...

May/26/2013 01:13 AM

BLOG: The Inside Track: Tracked down: Dennis Lehane, Randy Price, Assante Samuel, and more...
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May 26--[http://bostonherald.com/sites/default/files/styles/default/public/media/2013/05/22/052313lehane01.jpg?c=4ad74c27db4471ff11f39ab94ef0ce52] http://bostonherald.com/sites/default/files/styles/default/public/media/2013/05/22/052313lehane01.jpg?c=4ad74c27db4471ff11f39ab94ef0ce52 Photo by:...

May/26/2013 01:11 AM

BRIEF: Obama to visit tornado-stricken Oklahoma
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May 26--WASHINGTON -- Nearly a week after a massive tornado struck a suburb of Oklahoma City, US President Barack Obama was expected to visit the devastated area on Sunday, the White House said. Obama will see firsthand the response to the destruction caused by the twister that hit Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday, killing 24 people, including 10 children. He will visit with families affected by the ...

May/26/2013 12:01 AM

OPINION: Kathleen Sebelius and the 'fourth scandal'
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The Kansas City Star
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May 25--It's looking like a long summer for Kathleen Sebelius. That was going to be the case anyway, what with the pressure of getting state-based insurance exchanges -- the meat of the Affordable Care Act -- up and rolling in the face of obstruction from Congress and Republican-controlled states like Kansas and Missouri. But now the former governor of Kansas and current U.S. Health and Human ...

May/25/2013 10:12 PM

Reaching for the American dream: Deportation reprieve opens opportunities for young immigrants
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, Calif.
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May 25--WATSONVILLE -- Yonatan Nieves was 5 when he walked across the border from Mexico into the U.S. with family members. His memory of the journey is hazy. He's not sure where he crossed. Maybe Arizona, he said, maybe California. He recalls helping carry younger relatives, and being promised...

May/25/2013 09:49 PM

Federal legislation could steer many illegal immigrants away from detention
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May 25--GAINESVILLE -- The hundreds of illegal immigrants locked up in the North Georgia Detention Center wear one of three colors, which instantly convey something about their past. Men and women who have committed no serious offenses other than entering the country illegally may wear deep blue. Those convicted of crimes such as theft or drug-dealing may wear flame orange. Those guilty of ...

May/25/2013 08:53 PM

Murals in Glendale could raise the art quotient
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Glendale News-Press, Calif.
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May 25--At least two murals could be coming to city properties over the next two years -- one as early as this fall -- after the Arts & Culture Commission said last week it wants to spend part of its $1.4 million budget on mural projects. "It's all about transforming something," Commissioner Arman Keyvanian said at a City Hall meeting last Thursday. "It's about making anything into a canvas." ...

May/25/2013 08:48 PM

Biden heads to the Caribbean, Latin America
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The Miami Herald
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May 25--SAO PAULO, Brazil -- With the sluggish U.S. economic recovery and nagging debt, American taxpayers probably aren't in the mood to be helping others around the world -- even their nearest neighbors. But as Vice President Joe Biden embarks on a three-nation Latin American tour Sunday, beginning in Colombia, foreign relations observers say the Obama administration will have to come up ...

May/25/2013 08:09 PM