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Doctors are looking into the mystery of a Florida man who awoke speaking only Swedish, with no memory of his past, after he was found unconscious four months ago at a Southern California motel.

For the past 20 years, Martínez, head of communications with the Honduran federation of agro-industrial unions, FESTAGRO, has hosted a daily radio show called "Trade Unionist on Air," which features discussions about labor and human rights, including an opportunity for agricultural workers to call in and ask about abusive workplaces, labor standards and rights violations.

Stall tactics and political brinksmanship in the U.S. Senate have inflicted senseless and avoidable pain on everyday people for far too long. Now we may be on the verge of breaking through.  

Since interest rates doubled for the 7 million working families expected to take out federal Stafford student loans this fall, the political battle to avert the huge spike in borrowing costs has raced and roared. Senate leaders have been considering several solutions all week to prevent students who already graduate college with a mountain of debt from paying an average of $4,000 extra over the life of the loan.

Blazing temperatures left thousands of people sweltering without power in New York as forecasters warned Tuesday that the worst might be yet to come across the Northeast.

Accused Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger hasn’t laid eyes on his old partner, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, since he skipped town in 1994 on the cusp of being indicted.