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Gas Prices Top $4 in Nation's Capital, 5 States

NEW YORK -- Drivers in Washington, D.C., on Saturday joined motorists in five states who are paying more than $4 per gallon for gasoline. The average price for gas in New York could top $4 by early next week. Hawaii, Alaska, California, Illinois and Connecticut already have pump prices above that mark, according to AAA's...

Opinion: Unions Adrift in a Sea of Woes

(Sept. 6) -- On Labor Day, union leaders must ask themselves if the unions' future could possibly be darker. Of course, union leaders will make their usual speeches about fighting the good fight for working families, but I predict there will be fear and uncertainty in their voices. For they know that America's unions are...

Opinion: It's Labor Day, Is Grandma at Work?

(Sept. 6) -- This Labor Day, more of our grandparents may be working a cashier's line, waiting tables or preparing lessons for the first day of school. Remember those happy TV commercials of seniors having the time of their lives, retiring in comfort and dignity after a lifetime of work? They're a dying dream for most...

Key Oil Spill Evidence Raised to Gulf's Surface

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (Sept. 5) -- Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship. Engineers took 29½ hours to lift the 50-foot, 300-ton blowout preventer from a mile beneath the sea. The five-story high...

Opinion: Show Labor Day Some Respect

Dan Dion Will Durst is author of "The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing: Common Sense Rantings From a Raging Moderate." (Sept. 3) -- Poor Labor Day. Gets no respect. It's the Rodney Dangerfield of celebrations. The runt of the holiday litter. Just hearing the name conjures up depressing images of the...

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05/02/12 Labor day Source: The Jakarta Post - Indonesia

Background on labor day

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September in ) that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.

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