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Inside Politics: PWC chairwoman Union may lose post
Terri Union's reappointment to the Public Works Commission may be in jeopardy

Former lottery chairman exonerated by court
CHARLOTTE - Former North Carolina lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings told a newspaper that he works hard not to feel bitter about his conviction on felony charges four years ago now that he has been exonerated.

Umoja Festival celebrates community, African-American culture
Kiara Rhone and Arianna Harmon weren't at all nervous dancing on a stage Saturday.

Hospital wants out of non-emergency NC inmate care
Myrtle Beach Sun News - AP RALEIGH, NC -- A North Carolina hospital plans to quit providing non-emergency care for state prison inmates because of the cost and hassle of dealing ...

Episode for July-August 2010 from Cumberland County Progressives on Vimeo.

Join our host Nancy Shakir & guest Troy Williams He can be heard on the "Wake Up" radio program on WIDU 1600 AM

Cumberland County Senior Democrats Officers President Wade H. LeGrand Home: (910) 864-7903 Address: 5503 Hedrick Drive Fayetteville, NC 28303 Email: wadelegrand@aol.com 1st Vice Mary Thomas Home: (910) 497-7574 Address: 217 Cecil Ave Spring Lake, NC 28390 Email: MET@Home4Living.com 2nd Vice Lester Bussey Home:(910)551-2585 Address:673 Stoney Kirk Drive Fayetteville, NC 28314 Email: twotoob44@aol.com Secretary Johnnie M McNeil Home:(910)867-4637 Address: 1309-B Ireland D Fayetteville, NC 28304 Email: mae.mcneil@yahoo.com Treasurer Charles McKellar Home: (910) 822-1462 Mobile: (910) 987-1482 Address: 313 Wareham Ct Fayetteville, NC 28311 Email: McKellaraf@aol.com Sergeant-at-arms Louis W. McCormick Home: (910) 867-4965 Address: 6318 Lynette C Fayetteville, NC 28314 Email: none Meet the 2nd Saturday of each month 10 A.M. Fire Station #14 632 Langdon Street (between Ramsey and Murchison) across from Fayetteville State University

National & International

A bad summer for youth employment
Kansas City Star -2010-08-30
The youth employment rate always rises in the summer -- and it went up this year by 571000 from April. But that was half as much as in each of the two ...

Influential Israeli Rabbi calls for Palestinians to 'perish from the world
Daily Mail - 2010-08-30
Rabbi Yosef, who was born in Iraq, has made similar remarks before, most notably during a Palestinian uprising in 2001 when he called for Arabs to be

Army: Soldier shot dead by Utah police deserted 
The Associated Press - 2010-08-30
SALT LAKE CITY — The US Army says the soldier who shot a Salt Lake City police officer in the leg was being sought as a deserter.

Supreme Court justice discusses advances for women‎ - 2010-08-29
Since the 1980s, the influence of women on the continent's highest courts has soared. There are four women justices on Canada's Supreme Court. ...

US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq
Washington Post - Kim Gamel - 2010-08-29
More than $5 billion in American taxpayer funds has been wasted - more than 10 percent of the some $50 billion the US has spent on reconstruction in Iraq, ...

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Plant Overlooked Contaminated Materials in Childrens Medicines The Food and Drug Administration is accusing a Pennsylvania plant of knowingly using contaminated materials in childrens medicines. On Tuesday, the FDA said the Johnson & Johnson-owned McNeil Consumer Healthcare plant had used materials contaminated with bacteria and failed to investigate consumer complaints. The plant is responsible for manufacturing most over-the-counter childrens medicines for cold relief, including Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl. McNeil has issued a recall that could ultimately effect seventy percent of the market for pediatric medicine.

BP: Spill Could Be 10 Times Current Estimate The oil giant BP has privately conceded the size of its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be ten times greater than current estimates. The New York Times reports a senior BP executive told a closed-door Congressional briefing that a ruptured oil well could be spewing as many 60,000 barrels of oil a day. The expanding oil slick meanwhile has hit the shores of Louisianas Chandeleur islands, a wildlife refuge 60 miles from New Orleans.

Greeks Protest Austerity Measures With National Strike Greece has been brought to a standstill in a massive general strike against a new round of austerity measures in response to the Greek economic crisis. Lawmakers are set to vote this week on additional wage cuts and tax hikes in order to secure billions of dollars in international loans. All flights have been grounded and trains or ferries arent operating as transport workers take part in the strike. Tens of thousands of people are holding a major rally in the capital Athens. Earlier today police fired tear gas at protesters outside the Greek parliament.


 

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