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US says 168 million children are laborers
by Tom Raum - October 8, 2014 - 8:10am
The U.S. Labor Department reported Tuesday that about 168 million children, aged 5 to 7, worked last year as laborers around the world, about half of them in hazardous jobs.
Where have all the missing American workers gone?
by Tom Raum - June 10, 2014 - 2:03am
The unemployment rate has been on a slow downward trajectory since the recession ended nearly five years ago. While the overall jobless level has dropped to non-recession levels, the number of the working-age people...
Blue ribbon panels stumble on trimming red ink
by Tom Raum - December 2, 2013 - 7:18am
Since the end of World War II, more than a dozen high-profile bipartisan panels have been convened to tackle the nation's thorniest fiscal problems. Seldom have their recommendations spurred congressional actio...
Dual crises: Shutdown, debt limit could merge
by Tom Raum - October 13, 2013 - 4:25am
Democrats and Republicans regularly warn about the dire consequences of legislation they don't like. Often it's gloom-and-doom partisan hype.
Obama suggests spying on nations' allies is common
by Tom Raum - July 2, 2013 - 7:09am
President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on yesterday, suggesting that all nations spy on each other as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged US eavesdropping on European Union...
Improving economy alters political landscape
by Tom Raum - May 25, 2013 - 8:00pm
Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama's watch...
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