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KSU faculty call for halt on administrator raises

Faculty members at Kansas State University are seeking an improvement in their salaries, which they say are the lowest among their peer institutions and the Big 12 Conference. Faculty Senate President Julia Keen plans to present a resolution to administrators Tuesday that asks for a moratorium on pay increases for ...

Union leads march in Rome calling for job creation

A union of Italian metal workers has led thousands of people in a march through the heart of Rome to press the new government for measures to spur job creation. FIOM union leader Maurizio Landini said Saturday's protest was held because Italy is "going nowhere" in terms of signs of ...

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY MAY 18 AND THEREAFTER Scott and Karen Armacost have shell casings and other items on display in their living room to honor veteran son Tyler who died in a vehicle crash in Kentucky on March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Daily Journal, Scott Roberson)

Veteran's family aims to help others with PTSD

The sight of an old van parked on the street sent the soldier's mind back to Iraq. Tyler Armacost darted off the front porch of his parents' house and into the street because he thought he saw an Iraqi insurgent in the van. His mother tried to shake him and ...

Senate majority names 33 bills for budget talks

As lawmakers wrap up their first week of a special legislative session, Senate majority leaders have asked that more than 30 bills be considered as part of the budget discussions. A list of 33 measures, obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, was submitted during a private meeting Thursday, including ...

A look at Mo. legislative action during 2013

The Missouri Legislature concluded work Friday on its 2013 session. Here's a look at what passed and what failed. WHAT PASSED: ABORTION Requires a physician to be present when administering the initial dose of an abortion-inducing drug. HB400. BENEVOLENT TAX CREDITS Reinstates expiring tax credits for certain charitable donations, such ...

OSHA impersonator gets 57 months in oil spill scam

A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 47-year-old Connie Knight, formerly of Belle Chasse, had claimed to be an Occupational Safety ...

President Barack Obama talks to a class of pre-Kindergarten school children at Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Md., Friday, May 17, 2013, during the his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

On jobs trip, Obama tries to leave problems behind

President Barack Obama tried on Friday to leave behind the political battles that have overshadowed his second-term agenda, saying lawmakers should work on creating more middle-class jobs in the slowly growing economy. "Our work is not done, and our focus cannot drift," Obama said. Obama's jobs tour took him to ...

Brazil approves law to modernize ports

Brazil plans to modernize and expand its overcrowded ports, attract private investments to the sector and make it easier for companies to hire skilled foreign workers, in a bid to spur economic growth, The Brazilian Congress approved legislation late Thursday that allows the private sector to invest in state-owned ports ...

People reach out for fresh produce distributed by Greek street fruit and vegetable market vendors during a protest in Athens, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The union of Greek farmers markets went on strike, Wednesday, as protesters set up stands and started distributing vegetables to a fast growing crowd. The market vendors are the latest professional group in Greece to protest a sweeping market liberalization drive demanded by rescue creditors,  and timed their protest to draft legislation due to be voted in parliament to implement the new guidelines. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece faces slow, jobless recovery next year

Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years, the country's international debt inspectors said. The European Commission issued the gloomy predictions Friday in a 237-page assessment of Greece's bailout agreement, as the ...

Unemployment falls in 40 US states, rises in 3

Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the country. The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment rates increased in only three states: Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota. Rates were unchanged ...

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