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New York strikes deal to allow Las Vegas-style casinos	20.6.2013	Yahoo: US National
By Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with state lawmakers to license new resort-style casinos, in an effort to help revive a stagnant economy in upstate New York, the governor said on Wednesday. The agreement would amend the state constitution to legalize public, non Native American casino gambling with an initial four Las-Vegas style casinos in the Hudson Valley, the Binghamton area and the Albany region. Until now, New York has allowed table gambling only on Native American tribal land or slot machine gambling at horse racing tracks. ... ...
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IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses	20.6.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
Already reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses.
Theft of F-35 design data is helping U.S. adversaries: Pentagon	20.6.2013	Yahoo: US National
By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The theft of sensitive design data by hackers targeting programs like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter takes away a big U.S. advantage by allowing rivals to speed up development of their own stealth aircraft, a top Pentagon official said on Wednesday. Defense acquisitions chief Frank Kendall told a Senate hearing he was reasonably confident that classified information related to the development of the F-35 was well-protected. "But I'm not at all confident that our unclassified information is as well-protected," he said. ... ...
IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses	20.6.2013	Seattle Times: Politics
Already reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses.
IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses	20.6.2013	Yahoo: Business
WASHINGTON (AP) — Already reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses. ...
Rand Paul Says Someone Should Have Been Fired 9/11 Intelligence Failures	19.6.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blasted the Bush administration and former Vice President Dick Cheney on CNN’s "The Situation Room" Tuesday evening, blaming them for not...
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Robert Greenwald: Our frightened children demand peace from us, which we can't give them	19.6.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
In the fall of last year I traveled to Pakistan. Reports of civilian drone casualties were beginning to permeate though American news outlets, prompting myself,...
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IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses, senator says	19.6.2013	MSNBC
IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses, senator says
Workers at Royal Mail vote against sell-off	19.6.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Mail workers backed union opposition to plans to privatise the state-owned postal group on Wednesday, a stark reminder for potential investors that there will be no warm welcome if and when the company changes hands. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) sent consultative ballot papers to 112,000 Royal Mail postal workers. It said, from a 74 percent turnout, 96 percent opposed government plans to sell the firm this financial year in Britain's most significant privatisation in decades. ... ...
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe	19.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Frank Eltman The Associated Press Published Jun 19, 2013 10:53AM MDT MINEOLA, N.Y. • Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. The New York-to-Paris flight crashed July 17, 1996, just minutes after the jetliner took off from John F. Kennedy Airport, killing all 230 people aboard. The effort to reopen the probe is being made in tandem with the release next month of a documentary t... ...
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San Francisco: 10 concession workers arrested in strike at AT&T Park	19.6.2013	San Jose Mercury News: Breaking News
Ten concession workers demanding better working conditions and wages were arrested at a "sit-down" strike inside the San Francisco Giant's AT&T Park on Tuesday evening, according to police.
C-377: A chance for the Senate to prove its worth	19.6.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
June 19, 2013 Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of  rabble.ca . Members of the Senate now have a chance to change the conversation from expense accounts, to careful policy debate. Let's see if they can do the right thing and send this bill packing. Like so many other actions on the part of the Harper government, Bill C-377 will inevitably turn out to be a purely political and ideological attack on his opponents. Bill C-377 may offer the context we need to rejuvenate progressive organizing against Harper and his well-heeled supporters -- flipping the script on the Conservatives. The latest victory of business-funded politics was recorded last week when the Harper Conservatives passed Bill C-377 aimed at hobbling the ability of trade unions to participate in public life. read ...
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Defiant Turkish Demonstrators "Finding New Ways to Protest" in Face of Relentless State Crackdown	19.6.2013	Democracy Now!
The Turkish government is threatening to send armed troops into cities to quell the ongoing anti-government protests that have continued despite an increasingly violent state crackdown. On Tuesday, Turkish police arrested 87 people in a series of raids targeting those suspected of participating in weeks of anti-government rallies. The latest demonstrations include acts of passive resistance inspired by performance artist Erdem Gündüz aka "The Standing Man," who attracted international attention for standing quietly in Taksim Square for eight hours to protest the police crackdown. We go to Istanbul to speak with Nazan Üstündag, an activist and scholar who has been involved in the Taksim Square protests since they began late last month. "People are finding new ways to protest," Üstündag says. "We're coming together discussing what we're going to do next, how we're going to organize and voice our democratic demands."
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Grassley Makes Shocking Accusation	19.6.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because...
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Lockheed, Mitsubushi Heavy sign deal for F-35 assembly	19.6.2013	Yahoo: Business
PARIS (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd to begin work on a final assembly and check-out plant for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Japan, it said on Wednesday. Steve O'Bryan, Lockheed vice president on the F-35 program, announced the contract agreement at the Paris Airshow. He declined to give details on the value of the contract. A similar facility built in Italy to assemble F-35 jets in Europe cost an estimated 800 million Euros ($1.1 billion). (Reporting By Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Greg Mahlich) ...
Labatt brewery strike escalates as union launches boycott	19.6.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 A union representing workers at a Labatt brewery in St. John's has launched a boycott campaign, asking the public to refrain from buying a large number of brands manufactured at the site. Cultivate Canada's media. Support rabble.ca . Become a member . A union representing workers at a Labatt brewery in St. John's has launched a boycott campaign, asking the public to refrain from buying a large number of brands manufactured at the site. About fifty employees (NAPE Local 7004) have been on a legal strike since April, following a brief wildcat strike that was prompted by the company's request for the unionized workers to train their replacements. The request was made days before the expiration date of the workers' collective agreement. read ...
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Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses	19.6.2013	Twincities.com: News
WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.
Commerzbank to cut around 3,000 jobs by 2016: trade union	19.6.2013	Yahoo: Business
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's trade union Verdi on Wednesday said it estimated that around 3,000 jobs will be cut at Commerzbank by 2016 under a negotiated severance deal. The trade union was negotiating job cuts in Germany. The 3,000 cuts do not include staff reductions at Hypothekenbank Frankfurt, a unit formerly known as Eurohypo. (Reporting By Edward Taylor)
GOP senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses	19.6.2013	Yahoo: Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential Republican senator says the Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts.
Vietnam hunger strike tests official intimidation	19.6.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Cu Huy Ha Vu's books come with pages torn out by prison guards. Only some of his letters reach home. He is not allowed to access evidence from his trial or to see his wife alone. ...
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