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Health union alliance could threaten larger rival

Health union alliance could threaten larger rival
By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two health care unions are joining forces in a move that could threaten a powerful rival's dominance and fuel a new round of labor tensions. The 85,000-member California Nurses Association is forging an alliance with the 10,000-member National

Health union alliance could threaten larger rival

Health union alliance could threaten larger rival
By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two health care unions are joining forces in a move that could threaten a powerful rival's dominance and fuel a new round of labor tensions. The 85,000-member California Nurses Association is forging an alliance with the 10,000-member National

Health union alliance could threaten larger rival

Health union alliance could threaten larger rival
By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two health care unions are joining forces in a move that could threaten a powerful rival's dominance and fuel a new round of labor tensions. The 85,000-member California Nurses Association is forging an alliance with the 10,000-member National

Health union alliance could threaten larger rival

Health union alliance could threaten larger rival
By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two health care unions are joining forces in a move that could threaten a powerful rival's dominance and fuel a new round of labor tensions. The 85,000-member California Nurses Association is forging an alliance with the 10,000-member National

Health union alliance could threaten larger rival

Health union alliance could threaten larger rival
By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two health care unions are joining forces in a move that could threaten a powerful rival's dominance and fuel a new round of labor tensions. The 85,000-member California Nurses Association is forging an alliance with the 10,000-member National

Ranchers split over US border security plan

Ranchers split over US border security plan
By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - When Dan Bell drives through his 35,000-acre cattle ranch, he speaks of the hurdles that the Border Patrol faces in his rolling green hills of oak and mesquite trees - the hours it takes to drive to some places, the wilderness areas that are

Oracle 2Q earnings rise 18 pct to top Street view

Oracle 2Q earnings rise 18 pct to top Street view
By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Snapping out of a summertime lull, Oracle's latest quarter demonstrated that companies have been splurging on software and other technology as the year comes to a close, despite uncertainty about the economy's prospects. The

Massive Napa do-over prompts grape plant shortage

Massive Napa do-over prompts grape plant shortage
By By TRACIE CONEAssociated press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Napa Valley, one of the world's premier wine growing regions, has an uncommon problem these days: not enough new grapevine root stock is available to supply the massive replanting that's under way there. A trifecta of developments

Israeli election downplays Palestinian issue

Israeli election downplays Palestinian issue
By By AMY TEIBELAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Peacemaking with the Palestinians, once the main issue by far in Israeli politics, has been strikingly absent from the campaign for next month's general election. After years of public frustration with failed peace efforts, Prime Minister

Report: Most Pakistani lawmakers do not file taxes

Report: Most Pakistani lawmakers do not file taxes
By By SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - The majority of Pakistani lawmakers do not file tax returns despite a legal requirement to do, a report said Wednesday, reinforcing concerns about the low level of tax revenue in the country. Pakistan has one of the lowest tax-to-GDP rates