Labor

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President Obama speaks Feb. 28, 2012, at the United Auto Workers conference in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Emergency crews work the scene of a Via Rail train derailment in Burlington, Ontario, on Feb. 26, 2012. Three railroad employees were killed and dozens of passengers injured after the Toronto-bound train derailed. (Associated Press/The Canadian Press)

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Policemen stand in front of Egyptian employees of several pro-democracy groups charged with using foreign funds to foment unrest during their trial in Cairo on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses a rally in his campaign for president at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on Thursday. Tens of thousands marched along the Moscow River and then packed the stadium for the rally. Many appeared to be state employees who attended at the behest of their employers. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Firefighters battle a blaze from a shake-and-bake meth lab explosion, in Union, Mo., on Jan. 29, 2010. (Associated Press/Franklin County Sheriff's Department)

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In this July 13, 2010, photo, Greg Casady of Council Bluffs, Iowa, holds a sign in favor of recent legislation in Arizona while demonstrating in support of recent legislation dealing with illegal immigration at the Fremont, Neb., Municipal Building. A federal judge on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, rejected a portion of the city of Fremont's ordinance that would have denied housing permits to illegal immigrants, but upheld a requirement that employers verify the citizenship status of people they hire. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Mark Davis)

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In this July 13, 2010, photo, Greg Casady of Council Bluffs, Iowa, holds a sign in favor of recent legislation in Arizona while demonstrating in support of recent legislation dealing with illegal immigration at the Fremont, Neb., Municipal Building. A federal judge on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, rejected a portion of the city of Fremont's ordinance that would have denied housing permits to illegal immigrants, but upheld a requirement that employers verify the citizenship status of people they hire. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Mark Davis)

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**FILE** Myanmar's Sports Minister Tint Hsan attends a Feb. 12, 2011, ceremony to mark the 64th Union Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Associated Press)

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Job postings are on display at a JobTrain employment center in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that self-insuring religious employers will be exempted from a contraception coverage mandate. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. joined her Tuesday for the release of a health care fraud and abuse control program report. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 25, 2012, file photo Delisa Scales touches up locks inside Master Lock in Milwaukee, Wis. President Barack Obama will try to use his visit to Master Lock Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, to show how the economy is improving and companies are growing jobs in the United States instead of shipping them overseas, but the success story hasn't translated across Wisconsin, which has lost private sector jobs each of the past six months. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)

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** FILE ** President Obama speaks at the Old Executive Office Building on Tuesday to urge Congress to extend the payroll-tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year. (Associated Press)

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Employees of Cincinnati Recycling move a tub of wires brought in by a customer into their processing facility in Cincinnati. The city is considering a measure to curb thefts of scrap metal, but that could hurt so-called “scrappers.” (Cincinnati Enquirer via Associated Press)

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President Obama pushes Congress to extend the payroll-tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year during a speech on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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** FILE ** Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, to criticize President Barack Obama for insisting that employers must provide health insurance that includes birth control for women. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Commuters wait for the first train after a five-hour work stoppage by urban rail workers, as all other public transport employees are on a 48-hour strike, in Athens on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)

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Los Angeles Unified School District administrators, counselors and new teachers gather Feb. 8, 2012, at the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles. Allegations of teacher lewd behavior comes as school district administrators move to replace the entire staff at the school while two teachers arrested last week are investigated. (Associated Press)

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is running for his former job as president, addresses a conference of the Union of Industrialists in Moscow on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)