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September 2009: Shovel, Mattock, and Ax
“L.A. Fire Nearly Contained,” Palm Springs Desert Sun, Sept. 28, 2009.

The 250-square-mile Station Fire was 98 percent contained today but continues to burn in an area inaccessible to ground crews, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

A 20-acre spot fire, discovered Tuesday, is burning in the San... ...; Free Trade
“The Cost of a Presidential Cave-In,” by George F. Will, The Washington Post, Sept. 23, 2009.

While in Pittsburgh, a sense of seemliness should prevent President Obama from again exhorting the Group of 20, as he did April 2 in London, to be strong in resisting domestic pressures... ...; No Snarls, No Signals
“Bay Bridge Reopens,” San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 9, 2009.

The Bay Bridge reopened at 6:30 a.m. today after crews working around the clock repaired a crack in a steel link on the eastern span, bringing relief to thousands of people who had assumed they would have to find... ...; Services Rendered
“Federal Government Needs Massive Hiring Binge, Study Finds,” The Washington Post, Sept. 3, 2009.

The federal government needs to hire more than 270,000 workers for “mission-critical” jobs over the next three years, a surge prompted in part by the large number of baby-boomer federal workers reaching retirement age,... ...

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