Oregon company fined for importing Chinese tractors (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:18:50 GMT

PORTLAND -- Prosecutors say an Oregon company that illegally imported tractors from China is believed to be the first prosecuted criminally for violating a new Clean Air Act regulation.

Hotels offering 'spiritual menu' (The Springfield News-Leader)

Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:13:30 GMT

Nashville, Tenn. -- Leave your Bhagavad-Gita at home while traveling out of town?

Texas ranks 2nd in the nation in jobs lost to unfair trade (Deer Park Broadcaster & Progress)

Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:40:00 GMT

WASHINGTON ? Texas lost 405,300 jobs in 2007 to rank second in the nation in the total number of jobs lost, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute.