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NEWS DAY | Unemployment: 10.2% in October / Finding Fort Hood news / MN college funds gone / Don’t ask, don’t tell on MN tax refunds / Pawlenty’s bad idea / Bachmann Tea Party

Unemployment: 10.2% in October U.S. unemployment numbers for October rose more than expected, from 9.8% in September to 10.2% in October. Some 35.6% of the unemployed had been out of work for 27 weeks or longer. The total number of officially unemployed, plus discouraged workers, people working part time because they cannot find full time jobs, and those “marginally attached” to the work force – 17.5% in October. MORE
• Unemployment: 10.2% in October
• Finding Fort Hood news Poynter has list of places to go
• MN college funds gone Dipping into next year's allotment to keep this year's scholarship commitments
• Don't ask, don't tell on MN tax refunds State delaying business tax refunds because of cash crunch
• Pawlenty's not-so-new, not-so-good idea Moving budget decisions from legislative process to state constitution
• Bachmann Tea Party vs. MN true stories Comparing health care reform to Dachau in DC, telling individual health care stories in MNMORE »
NEWS DAY | Bachmann Tea Party, MN true stories
As MN’s Michele Bachmann rallied about 10,000 health care reform opponents in Washington, the AARP announced its support for the House health care bill.MORE »
NEWS DAY | Pawlenty's not-so-new, not-so-good idea
Governor Tim Pawlenty proposed a constitutional amendment Thursday, but critics immediately pointed out major flaws. The Minnesota Independent has a succinct read on it:MORE »
NEWS DAY | Don't ask, don't tell on MN tax refunds
Minnesota businesses that are owed corporate income tax and sales tax refunds by the state will have to wait a little longer, reports the Star Tribune. The reason: lower-than-predicted tax revenues, due to the recession. The state’s approach: don’t ask, don’t tell:MORE »
NEWS DAY | MN college funds gone
Minnesota college scholarship funds for the year ran out, and officials dipped into next year’s budgeted funds to keep their promises to this year’s students, reports the Star Tribune.MORE »
NEWS DAY | Finding Fort Hood news
Yesterday’s shooting at Fort Hood, which left at least 13 dead, is all over the news today. Over at the Poynter Institute, Al Tompkins has a round-up of news sources, from the U.S.MORE »
NEWS DAY | October unemployment: 10.2%
U.S. unemployment numbers for October rose more than expected, from 9.8% in September to 10.2% in October.MORE »
NEWS DAY | H1N1 update: cats, vaccine, peak? / Laptop pilots want to fly again / Extending unemployment comp / more

H1N1 update: Cats, vaccine, peak? “Viruses are not transmitted between species,” was the common vet school and medical school wisdom not too long ago, according to our veterinarian, but common wisdom cracked again this week with a Washington Post report that a cat now has been diagnosed with H1N1. The 13-year-old kitty caught H1N1 from her human family, and humans and feline all have recovered. The Post notes that the virus has also been found in birds and ferrets, as well as humans and pigs. MORE
• H1N1 update: Cats, vaccine, peak?
• Laptop pilots want to fly again Appealing FAA license revocation
• Geothermal heating, cooling Stimulus funds for MN
• Extending unemployment comp Senate passes bill
• World News Iranian protest, Italy convicts CIA agentsMORE »
NEWS DAY | World News | Iran protests; Italy convicts CIA agents
Iranian protests On the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iranian security forces clashed with demonstrators, reports NPR. While the government traditionally uses the celebration to stir up anti-U.S.MORE »
NEWS DAY | Extending unemployment comp
Both the Senate and the House have now passed bills extending unemployment compensation benefits As the New York Times points out, a lot of people see their action as too little and too late, since 600,000+ workers had run out of benefits aMORE »















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