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Teachers unions face fight within party

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Disabled must also demonstrate qualification

The Washington Times

Referees union says NFL spreading ‘misinformation’

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

NFL, officials’ union meet again

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Mallory Factor

DECKER: 5 Questions with Mallory Factor

By Brett M. Decker - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama's Jobs by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Another bummer Obama day

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama's Jobs by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Another bummer Obama day

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MURDOCK: Bain Capital’s Obama crony payday

By Deroy Murdock

Illustration Union Parasite by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

MIX: Barack Obama: ‘I owe those unions’

By Mark Mix

**FILE** Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican (Associated Press)

House panel probing stimulus cash for MSNBC ads

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Job seekers visit a Primerica booth at a job fair in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Unemployment applications flat at 374,000

By Daniel Wagner - Associated Press

Illustration Obamacare Death by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NEWLAND: Lost honors for Obamacare resistance

By Andy Newland

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley boasted Tuesday that airplanes at Boeing’s new plant in her state are made by “6,000 nonunion employees.” (Associated Press)

GOP brought together by anti-union rhetoric

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Shopping carts sit parked outside a Target store in Marlborough, Mass., on July 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

Retailers report best sales growth since March

By Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

A shopper looks at shoes on sale at the Pembroke Gardens living center in Pembroke Pinees, Fla., on Thursday, July 12, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

Consumer spending up 0.4 percent in July

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t discount the disabled

The Washington Times

Dockworker strike looms as union-pact talks stall

By David Porter - Associated Press

Joe Carr helps his daughter Catalina, 5, with a computer game at their home in Downingtown, Pa., Friday, August 17, 2012. Mr. Carr and his wife Sofia were at one point unemployed at the same time. Sofia has returned to paralegal work and Joe has returned to work at the same construction company that laid him off recently. The home they own was a foreclosed property which they renovated and currently live in. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

The Mean Economy: For housing industry, a fast fall and a slow rebound

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Romney must fight fire with fire

The Washington Times

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A cashier rings up a sale at a Target store in Chicago last week. A private research group says that consumer confidence unexpectedly fell this month to the lowest level since November 2011. The New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 60.6, down from a revised 65.4 in July. Economists had expected a reading of 66.

Consumer confidence lowest since ’11

By Anne D'innocenzio - Associated Press