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New Tone: Union Rally Speaker Tells Scott Walker 'We Cut Your Head Off' Tuesday, over 2000 union protesters rolled into Springfield, IL, to protest Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, speaking at the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Once again they came to chant and sing, and chant and sing they did. It was a typical sea of matching t-shirts—a favored strategy of intimidation—along with their placards of “solidarity” and profane signs. They scattered four giant inflatable rats throughout the crowd, with a gargantuan cardboard cut out of Governor Scott Walker standing out, as well.Presidents of the AFL-CIO, Michael T. Carrigan of Illinois...

There is a new interview with CU Regent Michael Carrigan about Ward Churchill at Colorado newspaper site. The university is ready to pay Churchill off. "Any settlement or buyout of Churchill now seems dead. Do you now oppose a buyout or settlement with Churchill? Can you shed a little light on why? Carrigan: There is no easy answer to this situation. We need to look at this an opportunity to move forward. It’s hard to imagine we can move constructively forward if we have to go through what is a lengthy tenure process, and then probably a court process. I...