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New discoveries raise Dominican migrant toll to 41
… overloaded boat capsized shortly after departing the Dominican Republic for Puerto Rico , creating one of the Caribbean country's worst accidents of recent ..... the treacherous 160-mile (260-kilometer) Mona Passage to reach Puerto Rico .
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28 more airports will test lower-hassle screening
… York's LaGuardia Airport, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Puerto Rico 's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, Orlando International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Phoenix …
Audio & Video
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ShrinkageLast month the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%. This sounds like progress in the economy, right? Well maybe not...The unemployment rate counts only people who don't have a job and are looking for one. Once you stop looking, you're no longer considered unemployed. People who have taken early retirement or just stopped looking for work have caused the employment numbers to look better than they really are. This is also known as Shrinkage...Howie wondered how many people have given up.
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Why are so many people backing Ron Paul?Congressman Ron Paul came in second place in the New Hampshire and Jen wanted to know why so many people are backing Ron Paul and will his age be a challenge to getting the nomination. Does Ron Paul stand a chance in the Republican field?
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Gimme Girls and Welfare Fraud
A Rhode Island College student wrote an opinion piece on her days as a summer cashier at a Maine Walmart and her unpleasent experiences with EBT card users...Howie had a lot to say about Gimme Girls and welfare fraud.
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Is Newt Gingrich too Cocky?
Newt Gingrich has the Republican presidential nomination in the bag — at least according to him. The ex-House Speaker declared during a pit stop in Iowa on Thursday that "I'm going to be the nominee." The confident Gingrich boasted to ABC News, adding "It's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I'm going to be the nominee." Will he be the nominee?
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Is it a Christmas or Holiday Tree?
Rhode Island's governor is defending the calling of the evergreen tree erected in the Statehouse a "holiday" tree rather than a "Christmas" tree. Gov. Lincoln Chafee, an Independent, says the term "holiday" tree is in keeping with Rhode Island's founding as a haven for religious liberty and diversity. What's more, he said in a statement issued Tuesday, it's a continuation of past practice, "and does not represent a change of course on my part." Do you agree with the Governor of Rhode Island on naming it a Holiday Tree?
Pages & Blogs
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East Haven Mayor: I Might Have Tacos
… interviews. Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said the comments are "repugnant." Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, a native of Puerto Rico , said he was "disgusted" by Maturo's comment. East Haven Democratic Town Committee Chairman Gene Ruocco called for Maturo …
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Set the clocks ahead this weekend
… night, but that hour of lost sleep will return with standard time on Nov. 6. Some folks don't have to worry about it. The time change is not observed by Hawaii, most of Arizona, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
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The Empathy Hearings
… these goals. She served for twelve years on the board of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, an ACLU type organization ..... Particularly, Graham pointed out Sotomayor’s work with a Puerto Rican defense legal fund that he said “advocated taxpayer-funded …
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Poor Choice of Coverup
… President being honest? Consider these other Sotomayor statements over many years. The first that I found was in a 1994 speech in Puerto Rico on "Women in the Judiciary." What is notable about this quote is that it does not emphasize "Latina" - but only gender …
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Barack is So Over
… to Barack . That was not the case. Hillary won 6 primaries after Wright, including West Virginia by 49, Kentucky by 35, Puerto Rico by 36, and Pennsylvania by 10. In the fall, the country will get to hear, in depth, the rest of the story about Barack …
