United Farm Workers leave AFL-CIO
Jan 12 2006 9:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United Farm Workers union has left the AFL-CIO and will join a group of breakaway unions known as the Change to Win Coalition, in a move the UFW hopes will boost recruiting efforts, officials said Thursday.
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Survey expert Joseph Waksberg, 90, dies
Jan 12 2006 9:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joseph Waksberg, who helped invent a widely used method of conducting phone surveys so they efficiently reach people with unlisted as well as listed phone numbers, has died. He was 90.
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Citrus farmers must get new canker weapons
Jan 12 2006 9:25PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The federal government's withdrawal of financial support for citrus canker eradication means Florida growers may have to rely on costly chemicals and wind breaks to save the $9 billion industry, researchers said Thursday.
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NSA watchdog reviewed monitoring for years
Jan 12 2006 4:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Security Agency's independent watchdog reviewed its controversial domestic surveillance program over several years, a longer period than previously known, according to an agency official.
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