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Obama urged to take state job program to national level

WASHINGTON — As job losses continue to slow the nation's economic recovery, labor experts and economists are urging Congress and the Obama administration to boost funding for a little-known program that 17 states are using to avert layoffs and keep workers in their jobs. Read more.

CNN's Lou Dobbs resigns

 Lou Dobbs, whose anti-immigration stance roiled controversy, has exiled himself from CNN.

The longtime CNN anchor announced on his TV show Wednesday that he's leaving the cable network he helped launch in 1980 and, save for a two-year stint with the Web site Space.com, has worked at ever since. 

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Lawsuits, new FDA scrutiny in food aisle

The backlash against the food industry's attempt to boost sales through "Smart Choices" labels is moving into the courts, and it may end only with the imposition of new, uniform nutrition labels on all processed food. 

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Report says 75 percent of Americans unfit to serve in military

Chalk up another national-security threat — this one looming with each excess pound, failing grade and drug bust affecting young adults. 

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Fort Hood shooting suspect faces 13 murder charges

FORT HOOD, Texas — The U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of opening fire on fellow soldiers at a medical processing center here last week faces charges of premeditated murder for the deaths of a dozen soldiers and one civilian. 

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