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Ready to fly out of Los Angeles today to get to your family before Thanksgiving? Not so fast. Los Angeles’ labor unions have decided to protest on Thanksgiving Eve – one of the busiest travel days of the year – to snarl traffic around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). President Obama’s favorite union, the Service Employees International Union, is spearheading the obnoxious effort; it’s supposed to last from 11 a.m to 4 p.m., virtually the entire day. The LAPD says that travellers should arrive 90 minutes earlier than usual. LAX already advises people to arrive two hours in advance.

Because nothing says “grassroots” like hiring a bunch of tour buses: Immigration advocates expect roughly 1,000 Coachella Valley residents to caravan to Los Angeles on Saturday for a march protesting a new Arizona immigration law. “Nine tour buses spread throughout valley cities are scheduled to leave at 7 a.m. ‘We have to demonstrate that we care as a group. People have to realize it’s time to protest before they start doing the same thing in California. We have to act now,’ said Rosalio Plata, president of Club Michoacan, a community civics organization helping sponsor the trip. In past years, immigrants...

NEW YORK - Democrat presidential contender John Edwards spends his days shaking hands, giving speeches and persuading wealthy donors to write hefty checks. On Wednesday, Edwards is slated to get a taste of how the other half works as he toils on the early shift at the Sarah Neuman Nursing Home in Mamaroneck, a northern suburb of New York, waking patients, serving breakfast and living _ for a few hours, anyway _ the life of a $14-per-hour health care aide. Edwards' visit is part of the "Walk a Day in My Shoes" campaign organized by the politically influential Service Employees...