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Texas firm that housed disabled faces Iowa fines

May. 29, 2009
Iowa is levying a record-setting, wage-related fine against a Texas labor contractor for alleged labor-law violations in its employment and care of dozens of mentally disabled men who worked at an Iowa meatpacker. Iowa Workforce Development imposed $900,000...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler