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SOUTH BEND -- The union that represents the 15 or so public employees who work at Potawatomi Zoo gave its tentative support Thursday to a proposal by the Zoological Society to take over the management and operation of the zoo, the state's oldest. "I'll...

SOUTH BEND -- Concerned about accreditation and private support, the Potawatomi Zoological Society is proposing that it take over the management and operation of Potawatomi Zoo, the state's oldest zoo, from the city Parks Department. The society has...

May 14 (Reuters) - Two unions that represent ground workers at American Airlines and US Airways Group said on Tuesday they would combine to become the bargaining agent for nearly 30,000 employees after the airlines merge. The move comes as the...

The pickup truck tooled around Highland Park on Saturday morning, loudspeakers in back crooning in Spanish: "Wendy, la Wendy. We're gonna vote. $15 an hour we'll make. Wendy, la Wendy, we're gonna dance. Eric Garcetti start crying." A political mailer...

John Brinson and his friends have every right to gloat over the symbolic victory recently announced in a federal appeals court with regards to the National Labor Relations Board and what it can and can't do at businesses. What gets this lifetime union...

It's been 32 years since the Beastie Boys were founded, but the band's fan base is as strong as ever. And although no one can replace the now-defunct band, Chicago fans can pay tribute to Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock thanks to their female counterparts in She'...

A 35-year-old Windber Borough man who ran over a Paint Township police officer with his all-terrain vehicle was sentenced Wednesday to six to 23 months in Somerset County Jail followed by two years of supervised probation for two counts of recklessly...

Strict limits on campaign contributions imposed by voters nearly three decades ago are crumbling in the Los Angeles mayor's race, with big donors using loosely regulated "super PACs" to help candidates like never before in a citywide election, a Times...

On the fourth floor of a vacant wing of St. Vincent Medical Center near downtown Los Angeles, some 150 crew members crowded the hallways, joining actors Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson as they prepared to film a scene for "Captain America: The Winter...

First, the good news: The Twinkie will be back on store shelves by summer.  The bad news is that Hostess' old unions — not content to have killed an American icon that employed 18,000 people, including those located at its multiple factories in...

>> 50 Years Ago — EL CENTRO — Work on the $3 million Valley Plaza Shopping Center will begin Monday. M.W. Agnew Construction Co. of El Centro will start clearing the brush and other obstructions from the land on Monday under a contract...

Organized labor's lopsided support for Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race has started shifting as unions begin pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into an independent campaign backing her rival, Eric Garcetti. The $300,000 in new labor...