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Paying the unemployed

By Danielle Fleischman · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 11:14 p.m.

It should come as no surprise that U.S. jobless rates are rising again. Last month it jumped to 10.2 percent, a 26-and-half-year high that puts shame on the administration that swore they would do everything to keep Americans employed. Some analysts even claim that getting one of the 2.4 million jobs available is about as tough as getting into Harvard.  Needless to say, the odds are not good.

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Free trade, help consumers

By Jarrod Lowery · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 11:06 p.m.

Anyone who has taken an introductory economics class, purchased cheap goods made in foreign countries or witnessed the explosive job growth throughout North America – including the U.S. – after NAFTA went into effect should know that trade is a beneficial endeavor on the whole.

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A tax cut to create jobs

By Nathan Dixon · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 11:05 p.m.

Before the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the $787 billion stimulus package) was passed, President Obama’s economics team issued a report on what it thought would happen to the economy with and without this stimulus. The recovery plan was supposed to lower the peak unemployment from about 9 to 8 percent. Unemployment just passed 10 percent.

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For future generations

By Ashley Ames · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 11:03 p.m.

Unless something changes, unemployment will have a grave impact on our economy for decades to come. Prolonged unemployment results in “scarring” or, as John Irons of the Economic Policy Institute defines it, “long-lasting damage to individuals’ economic situations and the economy more broadly.”

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Indiana attorney general urges court to overturn case

By Sarah Bloom · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 11:02 p.m.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller co-authored a friend-of-the-court brief last week urging the U.S. Supreme Court to modify or overturn its June decision in the case Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, which requires crime lab analysts to appear in court to testify to their results.

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Bob, Bogart & the Kindness Bus

By Alex Benson · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 11 p.m.

Parked in the left-hand lanes of Kirkwood and Dunn avenues next to Peoples Park was the kindness bus. Sleeping alone on a mattress on the floor, Votruba prepares for the next decade of his life as a rubber tramp.

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A reminder from Italy

By IDS · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:33 p.m.

WE SAY International law must be revised or obeyed to maintain its integrity.

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Rihanna’s decision

By Jordan Zaslow · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:31 p.m.

Last year around election time, I wrote a column about the influence that celebrities have on society. The inspiration for my column was a public service announcement featuring stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston and Halle Berry encouraging Americans to vote. I thought they talked to their audience in a condescending way.

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Women’s rights are human rights

By Zach Ammerman · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:30 p.m.

Women are sorely underrepresented in positions of power and authority around the world. There is in only one nation on Earth, Rwanda, that has more women represented in government than men. In every single other government on the globe there are more men making government decisions than women. Is this a problem? I think so. 

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Kelley school forecasts 2010 economy

Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:29 p.m.

The Business Outlook Panel from the Kelley School of Business recently reported the economy will start recovering in 2010, but progress will be slow, and it will take from 3 to 5 years to completely recover.

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Home again

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:28 p.m.

I wonder what Dorothy felt like after “The Wizard of Oz” ended. After she, Auntie Em and Uncle Henry had gotten over the shock of Dorothy’s delusional dream, what happened next? How long did it take for the there’s-no-place-like-home euphoria to fade away?

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Ohio casinos to hit Mich., Ind. gambling taxes

By David N. Goodman and Mike Smith · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:26 p.m.

Ohio voters have approved the opening of casinos in Toledo and three other cities, leaving officials and gambling interests in neighboring Indiana and Michigan worried that millions of dollars in gambling revenues – and taxes – are at risk.

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Lake Co. early retirement plans draws only 20

Monday, Nov. 9,2009 10:52 a.m.

CROWN POINT, Ind. — Fewer than 20 full-time Lake County employees have applied for an early retirement package despite the county's threat to eliminate 150 full-time government jobs by the end of the year.

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