Rail safety push after Graniteville crash sparks plan tweaks
Officials discuss Mineta plan after Graniteville accidents as trains roll through Columbia at 45 mph before speed cuts to 25 mph. Local leaders press for better hazard notification and safer air supplies on rail cars amid homeland security concerns.
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Columbia
Norfolk Southern
Graniteville
Mineta
Robin Chapman
Chapman
Augusta
Bob Young
Young
U.S. Conference of Mayors
USC Aiken Aims to Keep Momentum in Golf Tourney
Burkhart states USC Aiken plans to continue their season form as they pursue victory in the four round tournament. He asserts confidence that their best team will emerge on top after the event.
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Usc Aiken
Burkhart
Inmate dies after struggle at Baltimore Central Booking
An inmate, Raymond Smoot, dies after a fight with guards at the overcrowded Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center. Six guards were placed on leave as investigators probe a homicide based on family attorneys claims of beating.
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Baltimore
Raymond Smoot
Smoot
Baltimore Central
Archer Blackwell
Guards Union
Mark Vernarelli
State Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Warren Brown
Regu
Gail Smoot
Delvanna Smoot
Donnetta Kidd
Unions criticize AFL-CIO organizing plan amid leadership bid
Major AFL-CIO unions condemn the federation's plan to spend more on organizing new workers as a presidential race nears. They urge reallocating funds, with groups like Teamsters SEIU Laborers and UFCW backing stronger organizing efforts and arguing for radical changes to how the labor movement operates.
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Afl-Cio
Washington, D.C
Organized Labor
John Sweeney
Teamsters
Executive Council
Las Vegas
Sweeney
Andrew Stern
Service Employees International Union
James
P. Hoffa
SEIU
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
U.S
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