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On this Labor Day my thoughts are with a laborer I wish I had taken the time to know better: For much of my life, I carried an extra letter with me. It was a “d.” My name was Patrick Sajdak, S-a-j-d-a-k. It was pronounced as it is today (SAY-JACK), but that silent letter baffled teachers. They inevitably struggled with my name, and my fellow students enjoyed teasing me with the results of those struggles. The pronunciation difficulties followed me through school, the Army and into my adult years. I hated that “d.” When I began to work in television,...

Note: Photo included, Wanted poster included, audio file and transcript include, and a link to America's Most Wanted included. (See below.) # Note: The following text (minus the photos) is a quote: Headline Archives The aftermath of the attack on Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin 40 years ago this week. TERROR AT STERLING HALL 40 Years Later, Fugitive Search Continues 08/23/10 Where is Leo Burt? You can earn up to $150,000 by helping us find him. Forty years ago—on August 24, 1970—Burt and three other young men protesting the Vietnam War carried out a pre-dawn bomb attack at...

The Minutemen, a national organization that seeks to limit illegal immigration into the United States, has set up shop in Herndon and is adding fuel to the debate on how to handle the day laborers who seek work at informal sites throughout Northern Virginia.

/begin my translationArtist is a Professional or a Day Laborer?Court battle between the late 'Koo Bonju' and Samsung Fire Insurance still ragingEscalating controversy over occupation, career history, retirement ageIs an artist a creative professional or a day laborer?The controversy over the legal status of artists is heating up now that the entire art community has formed the committee to address this issue and are staging protests. It was triggered when Samsung Fire Insurance Co., the insurance carrier of  a sculptor Koo Bonju, killed in an freak traffic accident in 2003, appealed the court verdict on the damage compensation suit by...