Feds: “Significant Progress” In Terror Case
Touting “significant progress” in a “critical investigation,” federal authorities on Monday announced charges against eight people in a long-running probe into how dozens of young Americans were recruited to join an Al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia. Although several indictments in the case were previously unsealed, the question of who helped persuade – and pay for – more than 20 young men from ... read more

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Steve Harrigan
November 23, 2009 4:10 PM
Puerto Rican Coffee Farms Need Workers
In a time of massive layoffs, there are some jobs that nobody in Puerto Rico wants. Puerto Rico has the highest unemployment in the U.S., at 17 percent, and that number will go higher if the government carries out plans to lay off 30,000 employees. At the same time, coffee plantations are desperate for workers. When the governor recently suggested people pick coffee, ... read more