The Delaware Gazette

VP Biden says labor under direct assault

CINCINNATI — Vice Pres­i­dent Joe Biden, say­ing orga­nized labor is under the most direct assault in gen­er­a­tions, urged a major Ohio union gath­er­ing Mon­day to lead the way in fight­ing back. “It’s time to turn the tide in Wis­con­sin, Penn­syl­va­nia, Florida … and it seems to me that’s exactly what you’re doing here in Ohio,” Biden said, refer­ring to a cam­paign led by Ohio unions that will try to over­turn in a Novem­ber statewide vote a Republican-pushed new law restrict­ing col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing for pub­lic employees.

2 million ordered to leave as Irene takes aim

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — Whip­ping up trou­ble before ever reach­ing land, Hur­ri­cane Irene zeroed in Fri­day for a cat­a­strophic run up the East­ern Seaboard. More than 2 mil­lion peo­ple were told to move to safer places, and New York City ordered the nation’s biggest sub­way sys­tem shut down for the first time because of a nat­ural disaster.

Fireworks, parades, 62 hot dogs: US celebrates 4th

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s most extrav­a­gant dis­play of July 4 fire­works Mon­day was a tri­umphant cel­e­bra­tion that turned solemn briefly to com­mem­o­rate the 10-year mark since the Sept. 11 attacks.

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