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Does shipping need a sea change? This morning's oil spill in the bay, nearly two years to the date from the infamous Cosco Busan incident, is a stark reminder of the environmental hazards posed by shipping.

California luxury automaker Fisker Automotive is buying an idled General Motors assembly plant in Delaware to produce plug-in hybrid electric cars.

Increasing participation in 401 plans through automatic enrollment may leave some workers with too little savings for retirement, the Government Accountability Office said.

BIRMINGHAM, AL. While acres of headlines and hours upon hours of newscasts have emphasized for months that the 60 votes the Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate can now muster to pass legislation without fear of a GOP filibuster, a prominent labor lawyer argues that that fact alone does not give anywhere near the full picture of how much the ...

Federal officials are formally launching a bid to curb combustible dust buildups like those that fueled last year's Imperial Sugar disaster.

An Obama administration official told a group of Latinas on Sunday that the president sees the gubernatorial election in New Jersey as one of the most important in the nation.

The Washington Post'sA Reliable Source gossipA column A reportedA on Friday that ABC anchor Charles Gibson was the emcee for a high-dollar fundraiser for the latest Boston building to honor the Kennedys, the so-called "royal family" of American politics: the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

An anniversary has just passed. On Oct. 10, 1973 then Vice President Spiro Agnew pleaded no-contest to a charge of tax evasion and resigned his office.

The Best of San Francisco Stage, Film, Fashion, Dining, Travel, Business, Philanthropy, and Governance - Challah Is Taken Wednesday 14th of October 2009 SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS LUIS R. CANCEL AND ARTS COMMISSIONER LORRAINE GARCIA-NAKATA TO SERVE ON NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN LATINO COMMISSION 14 October 2009 Luis R. Cancel, ...

By Cindy Von Quednow - Eva Longoria Parker and Emilio Estefan joined two Cabinet secretaries, members of Congress and others to announce the start of efforts to create the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington.

Rep. Robert Wexler will leave the House in January. . By Ben Pershing Rep. Robert Wexler announced Wednesday that he is resigning his House seat to take a post at a think tank, surprising his colleagues by cutting short a potentially promising Congressional career after a dozen years.

Obama Asks Workers and Businesses to Serve and ... January 20, 2009 News: The president's inaugural address praised American workers and entrepreneurs, striking a conciliatory tone that may serve him well as employers brace for pro-union legislation and health care reform.

Hundreds came to the California African American Museum in Los Angeles to see history being made as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger swore in Jerome Horton as the 4th District Member of the Board of Equalization, representing more than 8.5 million residents in Los Angeles County.

The Trumpeter Awards Dinner and Reception will bring together a diverse group of representatives of labor unions, advocates, legislators, organizations, and industries touched by the two advocates' esteemed careers.

Besides health care, the economy is at the forefront of the national discussion and with more and more families falling behind financially, the Congressional Black Caucus' 39th Annual Legislative Conference kicked off with a summit addressing poverty.

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