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Workers with employer-paid health insurance and families to cover are now paying an average of $3,281 a year toward their premiums – in addition to higher deductibles and rising co-payments for prescriptions and doctor visits, according to a recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research Educational Trust.

The International Federation of Journalists has been presented with the George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award, in recognition of the courage of its members, the journalists and media workers who risk their lives in the pursuit of truth around the world.

Second Life is the hottest thing around. It's a virtual, three-D computer world where political candidates like John Edwards have an office, where companies sell products, where governments like Sweden have set up shop, where the local residents, called "avatars" spend money on everything from designer clothes to gourmet coffee, and where next week, IBM Corp. workers will be on strike.

Seeking the benefits and job protections enjoyed by 40,000 other CWA members at AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular), the company's 1,166 retail sales workers in Florida have gained representation under CWA's card check and neutrality agreement with the company.