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In their first ever budget speech, the Maoists promise to build the infrastructures and propel the economic growth that they mercilessly destroyed and pushed back in the name of revolution during the decade-long insurgency.
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The nation’s leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence...
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The debate season that has chewed up its moderators comes to a close Wednesday when John McCain and Barack Obama meet for the third time, with CBS News’ Bob...
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Allan H. Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation’s first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71.
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Allan H. Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation’s first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71.
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William Claxton, a celebrated photographer who worked with such entertainers as Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra and who helped establish the organization that runs the...
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Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again _ this time proving he’s a pizza powerhouse.
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An animal welfare official says a wayward manatee that was rescued from cold Cape Cod waters died on the way home to Florida.
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A Chicago policeman went for his first motorcycle ride since being released from an Iowa prison, only to be pulled over _ by officers who wanted to congratulate him.
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Outspoken billionaire investor George Soros on Sunday criticized U.S. and European officials for taking too long to effectively address the financial crisis.
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The New York grave of an Irish woman who was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island has been marked with a Celtic cross.
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The chaotic hour before Wall Street’s closing bell has never been for the faint of heart. These days, it’s been absolutely brutal.
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Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says the McCain campaign is trying to distract Americans from their economic woes by launching “unbecoming...
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The World Bank agreed Sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems and protect the poor against the financial turmoil...
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Investors agonizing over whether the stock market is bottoming out or about to continue its precipitous decline face more uncertainty this week as they await action on...
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Republican John McCain vowed Sunday to “whip” Democratic rival Barack Obama’s “you-know-what” when the two presidential candidates meet...
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The speaker of the New York City Council says she supports Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his bid to stay in office for a third term.
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Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Tropical Storm Nana has formed in the eastern Atlantic, but predict it will weaken to a tropical depression by...
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The World Bank agreed Sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems, maintain growth and protect the poor against the...
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Three weeks before the election, Republicans are growing increasingly concerned about John McCain’s ability to mount a comeback, questioning his tactics and even...
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An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news. Disney’s family comedy “Beverly...
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he UK government is proposing to give people more influence over the way local council budgets in England are spent - an idea that has been around for some time in...
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned Tuesday of future cuts to the state budget that was signed into law just two weeks ago and insisted something must be done to address...
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The Federal budget deficit is ballooning under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
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Bureaucrats in oil-rich Venezuela can look forward to fewer expensive SUVs, top-of-the-line mobile telephones and whiskey-fueled parties next year.
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The state agency that administers programs for poor and low-income families is cutting almost $80 million from its budget, including millions of dollars for a welfare...
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The Ohio state agency that administers food stamps and health care for low-income families is slashing nearly $80 million from its budget.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered all city agencies to slash spending this year and plan to do so the next to weather the significant local impact of the Wall Street...
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed the state’s $143 billion spending plan after the longest budget deadlock in state history.
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Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said the country has achieved GDP growth rate of 5.6 percent in the last fiscal year.
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The California Legislature has approved a state budget that will probably end the longest stalemate in state history.
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California legislators were poised Friday to pass a compromise spending plan for the second time in a week to meet Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s demands for budget...
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is supporting a new deal on a compromise California budget, averting a historic veto.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders have agreed to a compromise spending plan that could end the state’s budget impasse.
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The state’s political dysfunction reached a new low this week with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vowing the first veto of a California budget in modern history. The...
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Gov. Ed Rendell has ordered an immediate hiring freeze, a ban on out-of-state travel and other spending cuts to save $200 million, saying the moves are needed to...
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will veto the budget California lawmakers sent to him hours earlier because it doesn’t meet his demands for reform.
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California lawmakers have ended the longest budget impasse in state history, approving a roughly $145 billion spending plan that relies on accelerated income tax...
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State lawmakers on Monday were working toward a compromise that would end California’s longest-ever budget stalemate, a proposal that accelerates income tax...
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State lawmakers on Monday were considering a compromise plan to end California’s longest-ever budget stalemate, a proposal that includes increasing the paycheck...
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In this April 23, 2008 file photo Anja Plangger, left, and Michaela Mark, from Austria, packing their bags, April 23, 2008, after a week at the Jazz Hostel on Miami Beach, Fla. The two travelers had spend the week on the beach and partying at the nearby...
