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Will Canada Export Death by Rejuvenating Its Last Asbestos Mine?

Feb 17, 2011 - 9:42 PM |AOL News

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ASBESTOS, Quebec -- A plan to increase production from Canada's last asbestos mine near this town named for the deadly mineral has enraged physicians and public health workers around the globe. They ...

Jobs or Safety? Asbestos Debate Goes Global

Feb 17, 2011 - 9:40 PM |AOL News

Anup Srivastava

The Quebec government says it's close to making a decision on providing a $57 million (U.S. dollars) loan guarantee to Balcorp Ltd. That would give the group of foreign investors the capital to ...

Unions Suffer Historically Low Support From Americans

Feb 17, 2011 - 7:50 PM |AOL News

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Fewer and fewer Americans are looking for the union label. At a time when state worker unions are under assault by Republican legislators in Wisconsin, when states and municipalities are resorting ...

States Shift to Deep Cuts for Workers to Balance Budgets

Feb 17, 2011 - 6:04 PM |AOL News

MCT

Dire. Drastic. Draconian. Call them what you will, but the measures being called for in state capitals to deal with record budget shortfalls are harsher than any in memory and have sparked angry ...

State Budget Cuts Could Mean Mass Teacher Layoffs

Feb 17, 2011 - 5:20 PM |AOL News

The recession may have officially ended in June 2009, but school districts from New York to Los Angeles are grappling with state budget proposals that include massive spending cuts and teacher ...

What CNN Didn't Want to Show in the Lara Logan Photo

Feb 17, 2011 - 3:30 PM |AOL News

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The image is already infamous for the horrendous event that took place moments after a photographer captured it. It shows CBS News correspondent Lara Logan with a jostling crowd of Egyptian men in ...

Red Cross' Rogue Beer Tweet Brings in Donations

Feb 17, 2011 - 3:13 PM |AOL News

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When an American Red Cross employee accidentally tweeted a beer-related post to the charity's Twitter account, rather than to her personal account, the Red Cross responded with humor. The casual, ...

Opinion: Could Watson Save Your Life?

Feb 17, 2011 - 2:51 PM |Special to AOL News

Watson, the remarkable computer that beat some of the world's best players of "Jeopardy" this week, doesn't have to be just for games. Its ability to parse ungrammatical statements, interpret puns ...

Planet Stays Warm Despite Cold January Across United States

Feb 17, 2011 - 8:56 AM |AOL News

Kike Calvo / AP

Winter's fury stole the weather headlines across the United States last month, including record-breaking snowfall in parts of the Northeast and snow in every state but Florida. But worldwide the ...

Opinion: Lara Logan Assault Exposes Egypt's Dirty Little Secret

Feb 17, 2011 - 7:30 AM |Special to AOL News

Sherry Jones

The sexual assault of CBS reporter Lara Logan during her coverage of the revolution in Egypt is reprehensible. Her courage, for daring to make her story public, is laudable, drawing attention as it ...

Opinion: Media No Help When it Comes to Budget Cutting

Feb 17, 2011 - 6:00 AM |Special to AOL News

Now that budget battles have begun in earnest all around the country, those advocating spending cuts, Democrat and Republican, had better not expect any help in furthering their cause from the ...

Body Unearthed in Backyard of LA Flophouse

Feb 16, 2011 - 8:57 PM |AOL News

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LOS ANGELES -- A body has been dug up from the backyard of a dilapidated house that has been a crash pad for drug users, and it could be the homeowner, who has been missing for three months. A woman ...