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• 18 MAY 10

  America's Lowest-Paying Jobs 2010 (PHOTOS)

  As you may have heard, the U.S. economy is predominantly a "service economy." Which means, for better or worse, a large percentage of Americans have been pushed away from once-stable positions to relatively low-paying and less secure jobs in service industries. (Newsweek recently dubbed this the "Blue-Collar Blues".)

  
  

• Representative Suzanne Kosmas - Congresswoman Kosmas to Host Telephone Town Hall

  
  

  Congresswoman Kosmas to Host Telephone Town Hall
  This Thursday, May 20, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24) will host a telephone town hall to hear from her constituents and answer questions about the economy, small business, NASA, and other issues.
  
  Constituents can sign up by calling Congresswoman Kosmas’ office at 202-225-2706, or by clicking here . Please put "TTH" in the subject line of the message at the bottom of the page and be sure to enter your telephone number and information in all required fields. Once signed up, constituents will receive a call at 6 pm on Thursday which will automatically connect them to the tele-town hall at no charge.
  
  Constituents must call or sign up online by 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 20, to ensure they are included on the call. Only residents of Florida’s 24th Congressional District are eligible to sign up for the tele-town hall.

  
  

• PolitiFact | Vern Buchanan says balanced budgets are rare in Washington

  Vern Buchanan says balanced budgets are rare in Washington

  
  

• PolitiFact | Fact-checking the claims on Elena Kagan

  The political world didn't wait until President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. With speculation running high over the past few weeks that she would be picked, they've been critiquing her nomination for days

  
  

• 'Times' article praises shuttle launch, criticizes Titusville, Cocoa Beach | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

  A travel article in Sunday's The New York Times encouraged tourists to catch one of the two remaining shuttle launches from Kennedy Space Center, but discourages them from staying in Cocoa Beach or Titusville.

  
  

• Kosmas pushes incubator fund for small businesses | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

  LAKE BUENA VISTA — Hoping to spur more entrepreneurial development and innovation, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas on Monday announced proposed legislation to provide business incubators with federal grant money to help them get small companies off the ground.

  
  

• Wonk Room » FedEx Spent $21.1 Million In 15 Months To Preserve Its Ability To Prevent Drivers From Unionizing

  Currently, House and Senate negotiators are trying to work out the differences between each chamber’s respective bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration.

  
  TransitRider - News Flash - Save Sunset Limited
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  It's the time to speak out, we need to restore the route that used operated between Los Angeles to Orlando but until Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005 which that killed the train