When Double Dippers become economic party poopers

They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery.
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Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil

The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents.
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China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's

China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed.
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Conn. casino bartenders, others vote to unionize

Bartenders, beverage servers, and other workers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino voted Saturday in favor of having union representation.
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Feds warned company in Mich. spill about pipeline

U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document released Saturday.
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