Furloughs loom in Pa. amid stalled talks
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Pennsylvanians will be unable to take a driver's license test, visit a state-run museum or place a casino bet starting Monday unless an 11th-hour breakthrough ends a budget stalemate that threatens a partial government shutdown.
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Pennsylvania idled some 25,000 state workers and shut down non-critical services early on Monday after Republican lawmakers and Democratic Governor Ed Rendell failed to agree on measures he set as a precondition for signing a budget for the new fiscal year.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Squabbling spin doctors, contradictory ledgers, prime ministerial curses, veiled threats and long, heated negotiations behind closed doors.
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Companies may still be trying to trim  costs and job cuts remain a threat, but in one area  belts are  being loosened a bit -- there are more holiday parties for  staff this year.
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EU-Iranian talks to get Iran to suspend uranium enrichment in order to avoid possible UN sanctions have hit a snag, even as deadlines are beginning to fall towards resolving the crisis, diplomats told AFP Wednesday.
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Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK One month after it began locking out more than 220 union workers, The Blade of Toledo, Ohio, is set to begin its first negotiations with the five locked-out bargaining units -- but executives remain undecided about whether a Newspaper Guild lockout will occur.
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Talks between the United Automobile Workers and General Motors appeared close to an impasse Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has spent the past two weeks struggling to reach a power-sharing deal with the Hamas government -- a government that hasn't paid salaries in six months and that hobbles along with thousands of workers on strike and four Cabinet members in Israeli jails.
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Hopes of finding a solution to Northern Ireland&#39;s political deadlock stalled last night over the IRA&#39;s refusal to disarm its weapons transparently.
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Coalition talks between Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday hit a snag &#151; the first since last week's power-sharing deal &#151; and Abbas postponed a speech to the nation.
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Talks to kick-start the peace process in Northern Ireland dragged late into the night on Friday, with all sides due to return to the negotiating table yesterday, officials said.
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Planned weekend talks could promise a major break in the entertainment industryâs labor troubles.
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A major push to seal a political  settlement for the turbulent British province of Northern  Ireland stalled at the last moment on Wednesday over demands  for photographic evidence of IRA guerrillas scrapping their  arms.
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State lawmakers, Prince George's officials and the Maryland governor's office have been negotiating this week toward a long-sought solution to the county hospital system's financial troubles, and legislative leaders are warning of a state takeover if they cannot find consensus by the end of the n...
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The latest jobs report, raises questions about how long the economic firewall that has safeguarded most industries from the housing crisis can stay in place.
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Welfare officials in Pennsylvania, California, Michigan have their work cut out for them when new rules take effect next month: find jobs for tens of thousands of people on welfare or risk losing millions in federal money.
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Further talks to avert a one-day strike by classroom assistants on Wednesday are expected later.