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WashingtonPost Top Stories, 20.12.08 13:00 UTC

Low-Skilled Workers Struggle Amid More Competition and Fewer Openings

Washington area residents who count on low-wage work to make ends meet are having difficulty finding employment as a tight labor market and a more experienced pool of job applicants squeeze ...

USA Today, 09.12.08 20:31 UTC

FBI eyes Texas in probe of white powder letters

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Letters containing white powder that were sent to seven governors all had Texas postmarks, the FBI said Tuesday.

CNN Top Stories, 09.12.08 16:02 UTC

Teen leaves work, heads home, vanishes

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Brianna Maitland was just 17, with strong ambition and a fierce independent streak, said her mother, Kellie Maitland.

The Independent, 03.12.08 13:34 UTC

Folk singer Odetta dead at 77

Odetta, the deep-voiced folk singer whose ballads and songs became for many a sound track to the American civil rights movement, has died at age 77, her manager said today. Douglas Yeager said Odetta ...

CNN Top Stories, 01.12.08 21:01 UTC

Birmingham mayor arrested on bribery charges

(CNN) -- The FBI on Monday arrested the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, on federal charges including conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering and filing false income tax returns.

Telegraph, 25.11.08 00:04 UTC

Hate crimes against ethnic minorities rising since Obama victory, civil rights groups say

Barack Obama's election as US president has provoked a rise in hate crimes against ethnic minorities, civil rights groups have said.

CNN Top Stories, 15.11.08 03:03 UTC

Murder suspect has long history with Klan

COVINGTON, Louisiana (CNN) -- The suspect in the shooting of a woman killed during a Ku Klux Klan initiation has at least a seven-year history of Klan activity, according to an organization that tracks hate groups nationwide.

CNN Top Stories, 12.11.08 22:33 UTC

Lawsuit seeks to bankrupt the KKK

(CNN) -- It was a mismatch from the start: a 16-year-old boy, 5-feet, 3-inches tall and 150 pounds, against two reputed Ku Klux Klansmen, the biggest standing 6-feet, 5-inches and tipping the scales at 300 pounds.