Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Usually, the Occupy D.C. protesters at Freedom Plaza battle corporate greed and taxes. On Tuesday night, their biggest battle was against hypothermia. The dwindling number of residents zipped up their tents, swallowed vitamins and swaddled themselves in clothing as temperatures dipped into the teens . “Thank God I have blankets,’’ said Blair Rush, a 41-year-old homeless woman as she moved back into her tent, her body warmed by at least three layers of clothing. “I don’t do cold.” Rush doesn’t do cold, but she knows cold. She said she has been homeless for four years, ever since she stopped being able to make her mortgage payments. She tried the shelter system, but too many people were scared of her service dog, Kelo. Read full article > >
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Occupiers’ new foe: freezing cold in D.C.
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Thursday, January 20th, 2011
First-time unemployment benefits dropped to 404,000, their biggest decline since February.
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U.S. Jobless Claims Fall More Than Forecast
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Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Pakistan flood victims angry at their biggest donor, the US
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Biting the hand?
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