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Milton Bradley packed up, left stadium during game after being benched
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5.5.2010 |
Seattle Times: Top stories |
| There were a lot of things we did not have time to verify after last night's game, mostly because of tight deadlines and the late hour. But piecing it all together this morning, through some further conversations, it's become clear that Milton Bradley packed up and left the ballpark while last night's game was still going on. |
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Riots erupt in Athens over austerity measures; 3 bank workers killed in burning building
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5.5.2010 |
Star Tribune: World |
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All-Volunteer Wars
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5.5.2010 |
Common Dreams: Views |
| by Tom Engelhardt After a week away, here’s my advice: in news terms, you can afford
to take a vacation. When I came back last Sunday, New Orleans was
bracing for tough times (again). BP, a drill-baby-drill oil company
that made $6.1 billion in the first quarter of this year and lobbied against “new, stricter safety rules” for offshore drilling, had experienced an offshore read more |
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Van strikes day care, 2 children taken to hospital
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5.5.2010 |
Seattle Times: Nation & World |
| Two children have been taken to the hospital as a precaution after a minivan driven by a pregnant woman crashed into a suburban Boston day care center. |
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5.5.2010 |
The Economist |
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On National Teacher Day, Unions Rail Against School Cuts
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5.5.2010 |
Truthout - All Articles |
| Some 300,000 teachers and others might lose their jobs this year as administrators make difficult school cuts. One union launched a campaign on National Teacher Day to highlight the issue.
On Tuesday, which was National Teacher Day, teacher unions and lawmakers highlighted the grim future looming for some districts that are being forced to ax teachers – among other school cuts – in order to balance their budgets.
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Bill Boyne: Strike anywhere in one hour? Let's think about it
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5.5.2010 |
Post-Bulletin: Local Opinion |
| As if fighting in three wars is not enough, the Pentagon is planning to build what might be called the National Disaster Weapon. According to a New York Times report, generals are working on a weapon that can strike any point on earth in one hour. |
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Oakland teachers vote to OK a strike
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5.5.2010 |
SFGate: Top Stories |
| Oakland teachers vote to OK a strike |
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3 dead in fire at Greek bank during Athens riots
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5.5.2010 |
LA Times: Science |
| 3 dead in fire at Greek bank during Athens riots |
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3 dead in Greek economic riots
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5.5.2010 |
Chicago Tribune: Business |
| 3 dead in Greek economic riots |
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3 dead in Greek bank fire during Athens riots as tens of thousands protest spending cuts
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5.5.2010 |
Chicago Tribune: Popular |
| 3 dead in Greek bank fire during Athens riots as tens of thousands protest spending cuts |
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Merkel, IMF warn of contagion in euro zone crisis
(Reuters)
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5.5.2010 |
Yahoo: Top Stories |
|  Reuters - Euro zone policymakers and the head of the IMF warned of looming financial contagion on Wednesday unless a euro zone debt crisis is stopped in Greece, as nervous investors fled to the safe haven of the dollar.
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Greeks stage biggest protest since start of crisis
(Reuters)
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5.5.2010 |
Yahoo: Business |
|  Reuters - Tens of thousands of striking Greeks protested against austerity plans on Wednesday, testing the government's determination to carry out draconian budget cuts in exchange for billions of euros in EU/IMF aid.
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Travel snarled as Greeks take to streets over austerity measures
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5.5.2010 |
L.A. Times - World News |
| Travel snarled as Greeks take to streets over austerity measures |
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Tens of thousands of Greeks protest new harsh spending cuts; clashes break out during strike
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5.5.2010 |
Star Tribune: Business |
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World stocks down again on Europe debt concerns
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5.5.2010 |
SFGate: Business & Technology |
| World stocks down again on Europe debt concerns |
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Greeks Go On Strike Over New Spending Cuts
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5.5.2010 |
NPR News |
| Transportation and public services were paralyzed as Greeks went on strike to protest spending reductions aimed saving the country from bankruptcy. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to pass its share of bailout loans aimed at keeping Greece from defaulting. |
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Greek police clash with protesters in Thessaloniki
(AFP)
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5.5.2010 |
Yahoo: Top Stories |
|  AFP - Police fired tear gas at protesting youths in Greece's second city of Thessaloniki as they threw rocks against shops amid a general strike against an austerity drive, police said.
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World stocks down again on Europe debt concerns
(AP)
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5.5.2010 |
Yahoo: Top Stories |
| AP - World markets continued to fall Wednesday, particularly in Asia, as investors worried that Europe's debt crisis would spread, as Greece braced itself for another wave of strikes. ... |
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World stocks down again on Europe debt concerns
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5.5.2010 |
Seattle Times: Top stories |
| World markets continued to fall Wednesday, particularly in Asia, as investors worried that Europe's debt crisis would spread, as Greece braced itself for another wave of strikes. |
