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A Maryland woman was shocked after she received a traffic ticket on Interstate 95 — because it wasn't for speeding. In fact, she was driving 2 mph under the speed limit.
You probably don't have to look beyond your own community to see the visible signs of a crumbling and over-crowded transportation system. And you probably don't need to look further than your own family or close friends to find someone who is out of work.
Tristan Jackson and eight other Maine lobstermen traveled to Hollywood, Md., in February to get the training and knowledge they need to start forming a union, which they say will give them unprecedented clout when dealing with the state legislature and the businesses that buy the lobsters they catch. The lobstermen met with representatives of the Machinists (IAM) and left the meeting geared up to recruit others and launch their local union.
Four Chicago-area teens were killed when their car plunged into a creek early Tuesday -- the latest in a string of horrific traffic accidents involving young people.
A judge entered a standard plea of not guilty for the man charged with carrying out a massacre at a Colorado movie theater after his lawyers said they were not ready to enter one.
In 2012, the pay gap between women’s and men’s median weekly full-time earnings increased from 2011, reported the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) in new analysis.
An NYPD officer accused in a plot to kidnap, cook and eat women has been convicted on all charges.
Still looking for plans this week? Check out the feature-length documentary by Juan González, "Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America." Recently released in select cities, the film looks at the role of U.S. policy, including immigration and the rise of the Latino population in the United States. "Harvest Empire" tells the untold story of Latino immigrants in America.
Are people really living longer? That depends...how much money do you have?Media pundits and Washington elites love to point to their own lives and say, "Hey, we're living longer, why not raise the Social Security retirement age and Medicare eligibility age?"What they fail to realize is that large gains in life expectancy are closely related to how wealthy a person is. Just look at the case of the two counties in Florida that Washington Post reporter Michael A. Fletcher examined in Research Ties Economic Inequality to Gap in Life Expectancy.
Best known for being a withering judge on "Top Chef" and a successful restaurateur, Tom Colicchio has long been interested in the other side of the food equation: fighting hunger in America.
