Every year, people in the United States become ill as a result of occupational hazards. Workers exposed to asbestos can develop cancer. Coal miners can get black lung disease. Some of these diseases can be fatal. Hit the jump to find out which seven jobs will make you sick. @WiL
Libyan Spy Files Detail Muammar Gaddafi Regime’s Fall
Moammar Gadhafi secret reports from his vaunted intelligence service flowed back to Tripoli. Some were mundane how agents erased anti-regime graffiti. Others were more deadly, a spy volunteered to poison rebel leaders’ food and drink. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL
CEOs Are Winning And Workers Are Losing
Benefits that most American workers, both union and nonunion, have long enjoyed enabling a decent standard of living for families are being cut back or eliminated by corporations simply because they think they can get away with it. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL
A $5.5 Billion Bill Is The Reason Postal Service Might Shut Down This Winter
The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge. The agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and may have to shut down entirely this winter unless Congress takes emergency action to stabilize its finances. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL
Pakistan Detains 3 Suspected Al Qaeda Members, Including Top Operative
Pakistani intelligence officers working with the CIA arrested three members of Al Qaeda including a top operative believed to have been tasked by Usama bin Laden with targeting American economic interests around the world. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL
Elementary School Lowers American Flag… And Replaces It With Saudi Arabian one
Parents of children at an elementary school in Colorado are furious after the American flag was lowered at the multi-cultural school and replaced with a Saudi Arabian flag. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL
