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Finding solutions to the state's economic woes...

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The message was heard repeatedly during a day-long economic summit coordinated by Congressman Tim Walz and attended by more than 100 officials and citizens from across the southern part of the state Monday.

"By 2020, we're going to be in serious straits here for labor," said Randy Johnson, director of Workforce Development Inc. in Rochester, about a looming shortage of workers.

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Chemo and radiation next for Kennedy after surgery...

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- After investigating his options with his trademark intensity, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy underwent 3 1/2 hours of risky and exquisitely delicate surgery Mo...

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Kenya: Water Studies - But Where Are the Water Supplies?...

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Kenya: Water Studies - But Where Are the Water Supplies?

The road leading to the informal settlement of Korogocho is narrow and winding. Here, in Nairobi's third largest slum, up to 150,000 people are crammed into an area of just over one square kilometre, their shanties made of cardboard, wood or metal.

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Local Sinn Fein councillor to lobby Health Minister...

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Corker touts plan for healthcare reform...

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Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) visited Grandview Medical Center in Jasper on Wednesday to discuss his plans for healthcare reform in America. Corker held a roundtable discussion with doctors, nurses, staff and volunteers at the meeting.

“I think we have a tremendous opportunity to have healthcare reform after this presidential election,” said Corker.

Many people in the country believe...

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Broadcom Announces Groundbreaking 65 Nanometer Single-Chip ......

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TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computex 2008 -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced i...

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NY's cigarette tax climbs to nation's highest...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Smokers in New York now pay the highest tax on cigarettes in the country. The latest increase of $1.25 means smokers will be paying a total of $2.75 a pack just in taxes.

In New York City, which has its own cigarette tax, the cost of a pack could soar past $10.

The state health commissioner thinks the increase will convince an estimated 140,000 New Yorkers to sto...

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Pearly Whites: Toothbrushing an important way to 'bond' with your ......

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Parents were urged today to view toothbrushing with under-fives as a chance to "bond'', as new figures published revealed widespread neglect of young children's teeth.

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Foster Benefit Resources founder dies...

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Foster Benefit Resources Inc., a health insurance brokerage and consulting company, said its founder and president, Stan Foster, died Jun 1 at Baylor Re...

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CDC: Tomatoes eyed in salmonella cases in 9 states...

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US Labor Department's 'Transforming the American Workplace: A 21st ......

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Hold public hearings on Ontario-Quebec trade negotiations, says ......

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OTTAWA, June 3 /CNW Telbec/ - Negotiations toward an Ontario-QuebecEconomic Partnership Agreement, announced by Premiers Jean Charest and DaltonMcGuinty at this week's joint cabinet meeting in Quebec City, must include afull public hearing of the issue and an opportunity for public comment in bothprovinces, says the Council of Canadians. "We've seen what happens when two provinces join forces...

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Despatie, Miranda named to Olympic team...

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Own the Podium 2010 is a national sport technical initiative designed to help Canada's winter athletes win the most number of medals at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and to place in the top three nations (gold medal count) at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. More...

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Shaken to the core...

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Its new post-disaster hotline provides emotional support for people affected by the quake - not just earthquake victims and volunteers involved in rescue and relief work, but those outside the quake zone who also display symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after this deadly disaster in Sichuan.

As experts point out, the latter sufferers have been exposed to floods of informa...

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SC House wraps up budget veto work...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina House has agreed to override Gov. Mark Sanford's budget vetoes on children's health care and defending indigents in drunken driving and domestic violence cases.

The House took more than three hours Tuesday on Sanford's vetoes.

Sanford vetoed 69 items worth about $72 million in the $7 billion budget and wanted the money saved to buy school ...

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