Federal officials targeting Chicago sweatshops
A Chicago survey of 800 workers finds more than a third labored in sweatshop like conditions across factories and restaurants, many immigrant and some documented. Federal officials plan a community based task force to expose violators and extend enforcement nationwide.
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Chicago
Garment
Rebekah Levin
Center For Impact Research
U.S. Department of
Bruce Crawford
Department of Labor
Investi
Crawford
Levin
Extradited U S drug kingpin Miller held in Fort Lauderdale
Charles Miller known as Little Nut was handed over from St Kitts and Nevis to U S authorities after a 1995 indictment for conspiring to import over 1000 pounds of cocaine through Miami. He allegedly ran a Caribbean empire aiding Colombian cartels and faced new charges after firing at a debtor and facing extortion claims.
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Washington Post
Washington
U.S
Caribbean
Charles “Little Nut’ Miller
St. Kitts and Nevis
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
U.S. Customs Service
Drug Enforcement Administration
Dean Boyd
Customs
Miller
Miami
United States
Europe
St. Kitts
St. Kitts and
Nevis
Denzil Douglas
Federation
Douglas
Mubarak Visits Lebanon Backing Guerrillas Amid Tensions
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Lebanese counterpart Emile Lahoud in Beirut and voiced support for Lebanese guerrillas resisting Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. The leaders condemned Israeli air raids and warned against escalation following attacks on power stations and civilians.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Mubarak
Emile Lahoud
Israel
Hezbollah
Lahoud
Middle East
Barak
Female administrator accused of sexually harassing Marines
A GS-14 civilian, Sandy A. Anderson, deputy chief of Quantico base G6, was suspended after a Marine officer alleged sexual harassment by her. Lt. Col. Scott Campbell confirmed an investigation and administrative action but did not detail the specific allegations.
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Nashington Post
Washington
Quantico Marine Corps Base
Headquarters
Sandy A. Anderson
Scott Campbell
Marine telecommunication unit suspends officer over harassment claims
A Marine captain in the Quantico G-6 telecommunications section filed a complaint December alleging sexual harassment and discrimination by a female officer. Officials note such cases of a woman harassing a man are rare in the Navy and Marine corps data shows low male harassment rates.
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Aberdeen
Tailhook
Marine Corps
Pentagon
Mady Segal
University of Maryland
Quantico
G-6
Base Equal Employment Opportunity Office
Anderson
Iowa to Become Memorial for Sailors Killed in Training Accidents
A reform group proposes relocation of USS Iowa as a memorial to sailors who died during training. Navy studies ($300,000) will evaluate San Francisco pier suitability for the 45,000 ton ship and determine public access, with many areas likely off limits.
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Mark Appel
Iowa
San Francisco Bay
Appel
Navy
San Francisco
Secretary of the Navy
Iowa Class battleship lineage and USS Missouri details
The record traces ships named Iowa and Missouri from the 1860s steam frigate to the lead 45,000-ton Iowa class battleships. It notes Ammonoosuc renamed Iowa, a 11 346-ton battleship, Roosevelt voyage to Tehran, World War II Pacific action, Tokyo Bay flagship service, and later reserve status with crew capacity figures.
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Ammonoosuc
Iowa
Philadelphia
Santiago Bay
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tehran
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Philippines
Ryukyu Islands
Tokyo Bay
Fifth Fleet
Korea
Seventh Fleet
Rhode Island
Iowa class battleship relocation debate heats up
Appel's group backs Pier 35 near Fisherman's Wharf as ideal for the Iowa while acknowledging the issue of leasing the ship while on the Navy register. Questions swirl over maintenance facilities in San Francisco and the ship's future as a deployable asset and tourist artifact.
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Appel
Pier 35
Fisherman's Wharf
Iowa
San Francisco
Pat Dolan
Naval Sea Systems Command
Arlington
Clinton
Dolan
Energy values and daily effort to improve
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