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	<description>Lets Hang Together or We Will Surely Hang Apart!</description>
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		<title>Blue Collar Workers Hanging By a Thread</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blue Collar Workers Hanging By a Thread
They arrive for work at 7:25 a.m. and many of their cars are rusting buckets of crud. Except for the boss&#8217;s. He drives a Volvo.
Walk in the door at Schaefer Screw Products and there is the enemy &#8212; the clock. The oil vapors and solvents are overwhelming. The yellow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money Fueled Evil in Detroit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Money Fueled Evil in Detroit
In the end, it&#8217;s all about the money and getting more of it.
Money is the reason Monica Conyers, the former City Council president, is headed for 37 months in a federal prison, convicted of taking bribes from Synagro Technologies Inc. in exchange for her vote. She wanted more of it, her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Card More Important Than House?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Credit Card Payment More Important Than House Payment?
In an unprecedented shift, for some consumers having a credit card in good standing appears to have taken priority over having a roof over one&#8217;s head, experts said.
While overall consumer debt rose unexpectedly in January, consumers continued to pay off their credit cards that month &#8212; a record [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hallslug.com/2010/03/09/credit-card-more-important-than-house/</link>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Rethink How We Punish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s Rethink How We Punish
Patricia Caruso, head of the state Corrections Department, offered one of my all-time favorite quotes when she said a few years ago of Michigan&#8217;s swelling prison population: &#8220;We need to decide who we&#8217;re afraid of and who we&#8217;re mad at.&#8221;
We&#8217;re running out of time to make that decision. Michigan is releasing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hallslug.com/2010/03/07/lets-rethink-how-we-punish/</link>
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		<title>Jobless Benefit Extension Passes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senate Passes Unemployment Benefit Extension
The Senate voted Tuesday to pass a $10 billion measure to extend benefits for unemployed workers and fund road projects after Sen. Jim Bunning agreed to end his filibuster.
The 78-19 vote on the 30-day extension known as H.R. 4691 came minutes after the Kentucky Republican made a final plea on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment Extensions Locked in Politics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment Extensions to Millions Still Locked Up in Political Games
Jobless benefits suddenly ended for some laid-off workers, Medicare payments to doctors were delayed and 2,000 federal transportation workers were sent home Monday in a spending dispute tinged with election-year politics.
Adding its voice to the flap, the White House said it was trying to &#8220;shame&#8221; Republican [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hallslug.com/2010/03/02/unemployment-extensions-locked-in-politics/</link>
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		<title>Obama is no FDR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama is no FDR, We&#8217;re no Mass Movement.
It&#8217;s open season on Obama whom so many hoped would lead us out of the neo-liberal wilderness. He once was a community organizer and ought to know how working people have suffered through a generation of tax breaks for the rich, Wall Street deregulation, and unfair competition.
When the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hallslug.com/2010/02/11/obama-is-no-fdr/</link>
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		<title>Powerhouse Explosion Kills 5</title>
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Conn. Powerhouse Explosion Kills 5

Fire marshals on Monday were preparing to start their investigation into a massive explosion that rocked an under-construction power plant where gas lines were being tested, killing at least five people.
A dozen or more others were hurt in Sunday&#8217;s blast, which was so powerful it alarmed residents who heard the boom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hallslug.com/2010/02/08/powerhouse-explosion-kills-5/</link>
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		<title>The Truth About Union Electricians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Truth About Union Electricians in IBEW Local 58.
 
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		<link>http://hallslug.com/2010/02/06/the-truth-about-union-electricians/</link>
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		<title>GMAC Loses $5 Billion in Q4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GMAC Loses $5 Billion in Fourth Quarter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - GMAC Financial Services, a lender that has received more than $16 billion from the U.S. government across multiple bailouts, said it lost $5 billion in the fourth quarter after writing down bad mortgage assets.
GMAC, one of the largest car loan makers in the United States, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hallslug.com/2010/02/04/gmac-loses-5-billion-in-q4/</link>
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