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CNSNews.com) - A record 93,626,000 Americans 16 or older did not participate in the nation’s labor force in June, as the labor force participation rate dropped to 62.6 percent, a 38-year low, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In June, according to BLS, the nation’s civilian noninstitutional population, consisting of all people 16 or older who were not in the military or an institution, hit 250,663,000. Of those, 157,037,000 participated in the labor force by either holding a job or actively seeking one. The 157,037,000 who participated in the labor force equaled only 62.6 percent of the 250,663,000 civilian...

Samuel Spital, a lawyer once best-known for ubiquitous television advertising of his law practice, has withdrawn his application for a permanent disability retirement from San Diego County. Spital, 59, quietly dropped his application earlier this month after several months in which the matter was pending before the county retirement board. Spital worked as a deputy probation officer from November 2001 to August 2002 before he was injured. Spital said he tripped over the trolley tracks in downtown San Diego on March 5, 2002, while on his way to the County Jail to interview an inmate for a probation report. He...

Business owners call flood of disability suits an ambush By L. Stuart Ditzen Inquirer Staff Writer BONNIE WELLER / Inquirer Frank Melvin, owner of Casey’s Restaurant & Saloon in Drexel Hill, in one of two handicapped-accessible bathrooms. Melvin said he was stunned to find out a suit was filed over accessibility at the restaurant. Warren Lloyd claims he suffered "severe emotional distress" at Casey's Restaurant & Saloon in Drexel Hill because he didn't find the restroom fully accessible to people in wheelchairs and he saw no van-accessible parking outside.At Rudy's Tavern, the Gateway Diner, Nifty Fifties, the Waverly Lounge, Aquarius...