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| 2009 5:04 pm |
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| ‘Autopilot spending’ |
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SACRAMENTO — With California facing another mammoth budget deficit, the state’s nonpartisan legislative analyst says voters should reconsider some of the billions of dollars tied up in ballot measures they have approved in recent years.
Among the suggestions from Legislative Analyst M... |
| By Juliet Williams |
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| University of California approves big fee hikes |
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LOS ANGELES — The governing board of the University of California approved a $2,500 student fee increase Thursday after two days of tense campus protests across the state.
The vote by the Board of Regents in a windowless University of California, Los Angeles, meeting room took place as the ... |
| By Michael R. Blood |
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| State median home price rises |
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LOS ANGELES — The median home price in California reached its highest level in nearly a year, a fresh sign that the housing market is undergoing a sustained recovery, a tracking firm said in a report released Thursday.
The median for the state increased to $257,000 last month from $251,00... |
| By Jacob Adelman |
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| Foreclosures hitting people with good credit |
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WASHINGTON — The foreclosure crisis likely will persist well into next year as high unemployment pushes more people out of homes, pulls down housing prices and raises concerns about the broader economic recovery.
The latest evidence was a report Thursday that a rising proportion of fixed-... |
| By Alan Zibel |
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| GOP blasts ‘bait and switch’ health bill |
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WASHINGTON — Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats’ newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.
Despite the criticism, there were gro... |
| By David Espo |
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| Botax? Nip/tuck levy to help health care proposal |
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WASHINGTON — They call it the “Botax.”
The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans.
Vanity was an eas... |
| By Julie Hirschfeld Davis |
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| U.N. urges help for 1B deprived kids |
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UNITED NATIONS — UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care — and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence — two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children’s rights.
On ... |
| By Edith M. Lederer |
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| Obama administration pauses on Alaska drilling |
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has delayed a decision on a request by Shell Oil Co. to drill for oil and gas in Alaska’s rugged Chukchi Sea. The delay came after the oil company asked for time to respond to criticism of its plan to drill in the icy sea, a prime habitat for thr... |
| By Matthew Daly |
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| Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA |
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ATLANTA — For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation’s air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.
The snarl Thursday — traced to something as simple as ... |
| By Harry R. Webber and Joab Lowy |
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| Army limits media access at Palin event at N.C. base |
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RALEIGH, N.C. — The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin’s appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar reporters from interviewing her or her supporters on the post, officials said Thursday.
A Fort Bragg spokesman initially said the Army would ban the media from... |
| The Associated Press |
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| Astronauts get extra work done in first spacewalk |
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore.
Atlantis crewmen Michael Foreman and Dr. Robert Satcher Jr. had a spare antenn... |
| The Associated Press |
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| Sen. Kerry’s daughter arrested on DUI |
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LOS ANGELES — The daughter of Sen. John Kerry was arrested Thursday in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk.
Alexandra Kerry, 36, was stopped by officers at about 12:40 a.m. and booked at the Hollywood police station for investigation of driving under the influence, Officer April Harding... |
| The Associated Press |
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| Katrina ruling could bring new deluge of lawsuits |
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NEW ORLEANS — A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers’ “monumental negligence” for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.
The federal judge&rsquo... |
| The Associated Press |
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| World powers weigh sanctions for Iran |
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SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the six nations dealing with Iran’s nuclear program will develop a package of serious new punitive measures in coming weeks. The European Union said the six would gather immediately to begin consultations.
The EU said di... |
| By Charles Hutzler and Slobadan Lekic |
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| Obama answers questions from top Cuban blogger |
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HAVANA — President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn’t interested in “talking for the sake of talking” with Raul Castro and indicating he won’t visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
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| By Will Weissert |
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| Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban |
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GENEVA — Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them ... |
| The Associated Press |
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| China holds, mistreats U.S. geologist |
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BEIJING — Sometime into his long detention by China’s feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit. He rolled up his sleeve, revealing the burns where his interrogators pressed lit cigarettes into his arm... |
| The Associated Press |
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| Woman leaves $40,000 at shrine for safekeeping |
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week later.
Operators ... |
| The Associated Press |
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| Chunk of ice crashes through roof of Colorado home |
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BRUSH, Colo. — A basketball-sized chunk of ice crashed through the roof of a family’s Colorado home after apparently falling from an airplane passing overhead.
Danelle Hagan and her 9-year-old daughter were at home in Brush on Saturday when they heard the kitchen ceiling come crashi... |
| The Associated Press |
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| Person in chicken suit ruffles feathers |
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DURANGO, Colo. — A person in a chicken costume ruffled the feathers of Durango’s city council as its members discussed rules for backyard fowl.
At a council meeting Tuesday, someone in a chicken costume quietly entered the council chambers just as the mayor was discussing a recently... |
| The Associated Press |
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| Obese man dies after eight months in home recliner |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn’t be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said.
Webb told them to leave him there anyw... |
| The Associated Press |
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