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Socialist Hollande Ousts Sarkozy As French Leader
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France's presidential election on Sunday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could start a pushback against German-led austerity. Hollande beat conservative incumbentNicolas...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Credit Ratings, France, Ratings, Immigration
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Weary Warriors Favor Obama
ReutersCOLUMBIA, S.C.(Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours...Tags: International Military Interventions, Services and Shopping, Health, Wars and Interventions, Mitt Romney
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Conservatives To Paladino: Act More Like Christie
PIX 11 NewsA few dozen Conservatives, Tea Party members, and Libertarians gathered in Manhattan to watch the gubernatorial debate between Carl Paladino, Andrew Cuomo, and a cast of third party challengers, Monday. The consensus among Republicans: Paladino needs...Tags: New York, Columbia University, Manhattan (New York City), Same-Sex Marriage, Education
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Obama To Visit NJ Sandwich Shop, Daytime Talk Show
wpix.comPresident Barack Obama was headed for the Big Apple Wednesday afternoon after spending the day in Edison, New Jersey. The President is on his way to Manhattan in order to tape an episode of ABC's, "The View" and end the night in the city with a couple of...Tags: Barack Obama, Business, Economy, Business and Finance, Heads of State, White House
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John Liu Sworn In As City Comptroller
John Liu took the the oath of office today as city comptroller, making him the first Asian-American to hold a citywide office.
The longtime Queens councilman will oversee the city's finances and manage $80 billion dollars in pension funds.
Liu has...Tags: Bill Clinton, Al Gore, New York, Interior Policy, Finance
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Park closures just don't pencil out
SACRAMENTO — For most people, Memorial Day kicks off the vacation season. For Gov. Jerry Brown, however, it is the time to start closing state parks. That's right. Shut off the water, cart off the privies, lock the gates. Summer's around the...
Tags: Memorial Day, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Jerry Brown, Regional Authority, S Joseph Simitian
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Our limitless debt
The U.S. debt clock is rapidly approaching $16 trillion. This year's federal deficit is in excess of $1.3 billion. These are staggering sums, mind-numbing in their sheer size. And for the 99.9 percent of us who were not math majors, almost impossible to...
Tags: Paul Ryan, National Government, Government, Elections, Republican Party
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Romney ad: Lots of flash, little substance
Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's "Day One" ads, whose second installment was launched this week, do manage to grab its audience by the guts: By focusing on the deficit, unfair Chinese trading practices and job-killing federal regulations (three...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Mitt Romney, Jay Carney, Parties and Movements
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Report: Ending corporate tax breaks would help trim budget deficit
PolitiCalAs lawmakers begin to haggle over the state budget, the California Tax Reform Assn. said Wednesday that they need to eliminate $6 billion in tax breaks for large corporations. The association's report said taxing oil production, altering property tax... -
Back Bowles-Simpson plan now
The bad news: The nation is headed for another debt ceiling game of chicken. The good news: there's time — especially before the Nov. 6 election — to head off another debacle with smarter public policy thinking.
If you recall, a little less...Tags: John A. Boehner, Timothy Geithner, Elections, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Would Romney really cut spending on 'Day One'?
Mitt Romney has a new ad out, touting what he'll do on his first day as president. "Day One," the narrator intones, "President Romney announces deficit reductions, ending the Obama era of big government." That’s pretty much what Romney has been...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Elections, Economic Indicator, George Washington
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Other Voices
While the U.S. economy as a whole remains sluggish, the farm sector has been doing well. Exceptionally well, in fact. Last year, net farm income was a record $101 billion, and it's expected to be only slightly off the pace in 2012. With the national...Tags: Barack Obama, Symptoms, Health, Alzheimer's Disease, Pat Roberts
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