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Half of children in 17 U.S. counties live in poverty
Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
At least one in two children in 17 small counties in the United States is living in poverty, according to a U.S. Census survey measuring income and poverty in small areas and school districts.
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U.S. lags in paid sick days, work benefits
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
The United States lags far behind other nations in offering paid sick days, paid parental leave and other workplace benefits that proponents consider vital to public health and workers rights, according to research released on Tuesday.
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Obama in China faces currency strains and a Great Wall climb
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama was set to continue his effort to court China while cajoling it on economic strains on Wednesday, with the final day of his visit featuring talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
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Nearly 15,000 Americans admit offshore tax cheating
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
Some 14,700 rich Americans, worried about a stepped-up U.S. crackdown on offshore tax cheats, have turned themselves in under the government's amnesty program.
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U.S. labor group unveils plan to tackle joblessness
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
The head of the largest U.S. labor federation urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to use the $700 billion Wall Street bailout fund to help cash-starved small businesses as a way to stem rising joblessness.
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Tax credit to steady, not rescue, shaky U.S. housing
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
Don't expect the expanded home buyer tax credit to be a permanent cure for the U.S. housing market. It won't.
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Not just swine flu - new cold virus may lurk, too
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
Runny nose, fever, cough, even pneumonia -- the symptoms sound like swine flu but children hospitalized at one U.S. hospital in fact had a rhinovirus, better known as a common cold virus, doctors said on Tuesday.
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New U.S. guidelines: routine mammograms start at 50
Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
Sweeping new U.S. breast cancer guidelines released on Monday recommend against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, and suggest women 50 to 74 only get a mammogram every other year.
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NASA launches shuttle Atlantis to space station
Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off its seaside launch pad on Monday, loaded with spare parts to keep the International Space Station flying after the shuttles are retired next year.
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Had flu? You may have H1N1 protection
Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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One in seven Americans short of food
Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
More than 49 million Americans -- one in seven -- struggled to get enough to eat in 2008, the highest total in 14 years of a federal survey on "food insecurity," the U.S. government said Monday.
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California gay marriage campaign kicks off
Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
Gay marriage advocates on Monday launched their effort to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban, hoping to become the first U.S. state to convince voters to approve gay people's right to wed.
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9/11 trial to showcase U.S. justice: Senator
Published Monday, Nov. 16, 2009
Trying the accused architect of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States in New York criminal court will showcase the U.S. judicial system and will not degenerate into a circus as some critics predict, a senior Democratic senator said on Sunday.
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Government wants to oversee safety for subways, light rail
Published Monday, Nov. 16, 2009
The Obama administration plans to propose that the U.S. government oversee safety for subway and light rail systems, a move prompted in part by the deadly collision of two trains in Washington this year.
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Illinois prison eyed to house Guantanamo detainees
Published Monday, Nov. 16, 2009
Obama administration officials will visit a virtually empty Illinois prison this week as a possible location to house foreign terrorism suspects held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama has vowed to shut by January, the state's governor's office said on Sunday.
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