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CBI urges 'modest' 2008 wage rise

added on 2007-10-07 12:00:32 (BBC News - News Front Page)

Business leaders at the CBI say firms are being hurt by the minimum wage and call for future hikes to be smaller. ...more.

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Cuts 'hit' hospital chaplaincies

added on 2007-10-07 12:00:32 (BBC News - News Front Page)

A Christian think tank accuses health trusts of making cuts to chaplaincy with serious implications for the care of patients. ...more.

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Iowa a Key Test for Democrats

added on 2007-10-07 11:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

CORALVILLE, Iowa, Oct. 6 -- From the high altitude of national polls, the race for the Democratic nomination may seem a potential runaway for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.). From ground level in the state with the nation's first presidential caucuses, a far different reality exists. Here Clin... ...more.

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Negative Perceptions Dogging Clinton Among Voters in Iowa

added on 2007-10-07 11:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Long before the 2008 campaign began, Liz Belden thought she would support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). As a feminist, she believed it would be good for the country to finally elect a woman as president. ...more.

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An Exit Toward Soul-Searching

added on 2007-10-07 11:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

It had been four days since Meghan O'Sullivan left her job at the White House. Just four days since she gave up her Secret Service pass, her classified hard drive and her entree to the president. Four days since she gave up any day-to-day responsibility for Iraq. ...more.

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Hoping to Keep the Fight Alive

added on 2007-10-07 11:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) started pressing for greater congressional scrutiny of private contractors in Iraq not long after the war began. Last week she got lots of company. ...more.

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Democrats to Offer New Surveillance Rules

added on 2007-10-07 11:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

House Democrats plan to introduce a bill this week that would let a secret court issue one-year "umbrella" warrants to allow the government to intercept e-mails and phone calls of foreign targets and would not require that surveillance of each person be approved individually. ...more.

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Iraq Embassy Cost Rises $144 Million Amid Project Delays

added on 2007-10-07 11:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

The massive U.S. embassy under construction in Baghdad could cost $144 million more than projected and will open months behind schedule because of poor planning, shoddy workmanship, internal disputes and last-minute changes sought by State Department officials, according to U.S. officials and a... ...more.

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In New Hampshire, the GOP Race Gets Tighter

added on 2007-10-07 11:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- For months, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has owned this state. A next-door neighbor with a vacation home here, Romney has had a double-digit lead over his fellow Republicans in the nation's first primary state, a hallmark of his highly disciplined campaign for the... ...more.

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