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  • President Obama waves to supporters during a Labor Day speech at the Renaissance Center, headquarters of General Motors, in Detroit on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    Obama: GOP must put country ahead of party

    President Obama said Monday that congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create new jobs as he used a boisterous Labor Day rally to aim a partisan barb at the GOP.


  • Striking musicians protest Detroit mayor's speech

    In a town where hard hats _ not concert tuxedoes _ have been the marks of union street credibility, striking Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians protested Mayor Dave Bing's decision to deliver his State of the City address inside an orchestra hall that hasn't heard a note from them in months.


  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra Musical Director Leonard Slatkin is interviewed in Detroit, Thursday, April 7, 2011. Slatkin says the most difficult thing about the six-month musicians' strike for him was "standing by and not doing anything." Slatkin told reporters on Thursday ahead of rehearsals that he believes the process "probably played out the way it needed to." (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

    Striking musicians protest Detroit mayor's speech

    In a town where hard hats _ not concert tuxedoes _ have been the marks of union street credibility, striking Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians protested Mayor Dave Bing's decision to deliver his State of the City address inside an orchestra hall that hasn't heard a note from them in months.


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