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• Time for oil industry to show more respect to workers, public

  - 2008-04-10

  I agree with USA TODAY's editorial "With crude at $100 a barrel, Big Oil needs no tax breaks" (Our view, Gasoline prices debate, April 2). The billions of dollars in tax breaks given to oil companies should be returned to our government for investment in the...

  Tags: FINANCE, Strategy, Taxes, U.S. Congress, USA Today, worker

• 10 great places to turn green with Irish pride

  - 2008-03-14

  The wearin' o' the green doesn't tell the half of it. In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, flutist Noel Rice, director of the Academy of Irish Music and president of the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago, recommends places to appreciate the formative influences and contributions...

  Tags: Chicago, Ireland, museum, president, Strategy, USA Today, White House

• Unprecedented Consortium of Media Companies and Cause Partners Unite Around 4th Annual FYI - Film Your Issue Global Competition

  - 2008-02-04

  To: FILM EDITORS Contact: Ragini Bhalla of the Sharpe Alliance, +1-310-271-2323, cell: +1-310-623-2849, ragini@sharpealliance.com More Than 25 Million American Young Adults Invited to Participate in Online Campaign Cronkite, Brokaw, Maher, Weinstein, Williams among VIP Jurists NEW YORK, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- USA TODAY, The United Nations, The Associated Press,...

  Tags: Associated Press, INTERNET, Leadership, MTV, MySpace, Strategy, U.N., U.S., USA Today

• From Lombardi to Belichick

  - 2008-02-01

  THE GREAT DEBATE; BILL BELICHICK; Is the Patriots coach the heir to Lombardi's legacy? Bill Belichick calls Paul Brown, who guided the Cleveland Browns to four NFL titles from 1950 to 1964, his coaching hero. But Bill Parcells and basketball connect Belichick to Vince Lombardi. USA...

  Tags: NFL, Strategy, USA Today

• Bush wants twice the funding for AIDS

  - 2008-01-25

  WASHINGTON -- President Bush will propose doubling the funding to combat HIV/AIDS overseas in his last State of the Union address Monday, one of several new initiatives he says will demonstrate his intention to "sprint to the finish" of his time in office. The five-year, $30...

  Tags: Bush, FINANCE, president, Strategy, Taxes, U.S. Congress, USA Today

• U.S. space program lacks innovation, vision

  - 2007-10-17

  I read with interest USA TODAY's recent article "Sputnik heralded space race, focus on learning." But there's a major element missing (Life, Oct. 4). Unlike 50 years ago, when the U.S. government could rightfully feel confident about its pre-eminence in the world economy, today it is...

  Tags: FINANCE, innovation, Leadership, Strategy, U.S. Government, USA Today, vision

• Ensure the freedom to practice all faiths

  - 2007-10-01

  A Forum article by T. Jeremy Gunn, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's program on freedom of religion and belief, trumpeted a distorted view of the "wall of separation between church and state" ("Accommodating the faithful," The Forum, Sept. 17). Gunn did not disclose that...

  Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, food, Manufacturing, Strategy, USA Today

• Your link to hot topics at usatoday.com

  - 2007-09-21

  Officially, a Tour de Farce Floyd Landis must forfeit his 2006 Tour de France title after a panel upheld doping charges against him, Thursday's hottest topic at sports.usatoday.com. It was the most commented, e-mailed and recommended story. Some readers saw conspiracy, questioning...

  Tags: brake, Games, NFL, Strategy, USA Today

• Big 3 automakers deserve some credit

  - 2007-08-01

  I suppose there are few things more perilous for a writer than to think up a great headline and then create facts to support it. This seems to be the trap that ensnared Alan Webber in his commentary "What are the Dinosaurs of Detroit thinking?" (The Forum, July 25). ...

  Tags: Detroit, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, pickup, Strategy, USA Today

• Selig must act quickly in Matthews steroid probe

  - 2007-03-06

  If Major League Baseball and other investigators can prove that Gary Matthews Jr. used illegal steroids and human growth hormone, Commissioner Bud Selig must discipline the Los Angeles Angels outfielder. MLB attorneys will be in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday to meet with Albany County District Attorney...

  Tags: Albany, attorney, CAREER, MLB, SALES, Strategy, USA Today