A board that considers compensation for California crime victims was told Monday it should reject claims filed by the parents of a San Diego teenager killed by a paroled sex offender.The anticipated rejection of the legal actions involving the death of 14-year-old Amber Dubois would clear the way for her parents to file a lawsuit against the ...
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The aluminum giant swung from a loss of $0.26 in the same quarter last year to a gain of $0.13 per share, exceeding by 18% the 11-cent average estimate of 17 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.</...
A lawsuit filed in North Carolina accuses "American Idol" winner Fantasia of breaking up a marriage and making a sex tape with the husband, court records show.
AP - Sarah Palin's political action committee
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We often hear the cliché, “the fog of war”—a simplified expression used to describe the chaos and confusion so often found in a combat zone. It’s something all combat Veterans understand. Whether you’re running toward a hardened shelter during a mortar attack or gripping the wheel as your truck races through an area known for ambushes, combat is not a place where troops often stop to document the details. Those details may be forever burned into our minds, but we often don’t come away with hard copy proof of what occurred.
Unfortunately, for years now, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has required Veterans...
AP - Four days after three British troops were slain
at their base in the middle of the night, it remains unclear what
motivated a rogue Afghan soldier to commit the crim...
For one thing, the speed of recovery has varied from country to country but emerging markets and commodity-producing nations continue to post strong growth. And while the global slowdown has brought about very high fiscal deficits, particularly in Europe, fears that the Eurozone economy is edging towards collapse are beginning to dissipate.
The European debt problem should be addressed at the end of this month, when the European Central Bank (ECB) publicizes the results of its stress tests. I expect the results will bring renewed...
In recent days, some in Massachusetts have examined the impact of the state’s health reform law on small businesses, such as this article from the Boston Globe, with some comparing the Massachusetts law to the Affordable Care Act. While both laws share the goal of increasing health insurance coverage, the Affordable Care Act includes a number of features that aren’t found in the Massachusetts law that will do even more to improve our nation’s existing health care system, lower costs and provide significant benefits for small businesses.
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AFP - Saudi Arabia braced on Thursday for a
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This undated handout video image provided by Medicare.gov shows actor Andy Griffith in a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors, in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare.
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Gov. Chris Gregoire says if $480 million in Medicaid matching money doesn't come from the federal government by Aug.
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Today we saw action fueled by earnings from banks and
weakening cons...
Read more: National , International , Crime , Barefoot Bandit , Bahamas , Barefoot Bandit Caught in the Bahamas NASSAU, Bahamas a ' The teenage "Barefoot Bandit" who allegedly stole cars, boats and airplanes to dodge U.S. law enforcement was nabbed Sunday as he tried to make a water escape then brought handcuffed a ' and shoeless a ' to the capital ...
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This week, the First Lady traveled to Panama City Beach, Florida, to meet with business and community leaders in the area. The past few months have been especially challenging for families and businesses in the Gulf Coast region. The BP Oil Spill is the worst environmental disaster our nation has ever seen, and the effects of the spill are evident not only in the oil washin...
President Barack Obama says Medicare will exist for many more years, thanks to new legislation that helped put the health care program for America's seniors on stronger financial footing.
AP - President Barack Obama nominated Deputy
Secretary of State Jacob Lew to serve as director of the Office of
Management and Budget Tuesday...
Many may find it surprising that the Tea Party favors striking down the so-called "Defense of Marriage" Act , the anti-gay federal law signed by Bill Clinton in 1996 that allows states to ignore marriages performed elsewhere and that also expressly forbids any federal recognition of gay and lesbian families.
The nation's top mine safety official urged quick passage Tuesday of a bill that would crack down on mines with safety problems - despite industry complaints that the legislation is too punitive.
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Oil is no longer flowing from the Deep Horizon well into the
Gulf of Mexico, and investors are starting to take another look at
the oil industry.
One oil stock that is standing out right now is Cameron International (CAM), which provides drilling systems and equipment -- like the now infamous blowout preventers.
Goldman Sachs just upgraded Cameron to a Buy rating an...
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You know, it's days like today when I wonder what in the
world will help my poor General Electric Company (GE)
shares. I've owned them for a while, and it's been a painful ride.
In fact, you can see that, over the
last twelve mont...
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This
recession is very different from any since the Depression. Normal
events just aren't happening, ones like a rebound in housing
prices, shorter unemployment periods, interest rates bouncing back.
The severity of the economic slowdown continues to grind on, and
investors who thought along the lines of a...
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Earlier today, I joined First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to discuss how the Affordable Care Act will give millions of Americans access to preventive care through their private health insurance.
Today, too many Americans today aren't getting the preventive health care they nee...
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Time
to buy shares of General Electric (GE)?
The Fairfield, Conn. -based company announced today that it has
raised its quarterly dividend by 20% to 12 cents per share. The
reason: after slashing the dividend ...
If you're unemployed, looking for a job can be grueling. Finding affordable health insurance isn't much easier.
As the Washington Post and New York Times report, the United States has fallen from first to 12th in terms of 25 to 34-year-olds with postsecondary degrees. The finding comes from a report conducted by the College Board and confirms what we’ve known for too long: that United States’ graduation rate is lagging behind our global competitors.
We know that economic security and educational progress go hand in hand. That’s one of the reasons why
I think that's great. After all, an engaged investor tends to be a successful investor.
Not surprisingly, one question dominates. And that's the question we're addressing in this special report.
The question: "How do I buy gold?"
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Edward Fiske, author of The Fiske Guide to Colleges, has just come out with a new list. His list, "Ten Business Schools that Should Be On Your Radar," highlights ten top undergraduate business school programs. Unlike other rankings that look at dropout rates, starting salaries, and other more scientific findings, Fiske's list is more subjective, based on "peaks of excellence of various types." "It's an art," he continues, "not a science," which is why you'll see that many of Businessweek's top undergraduate business programs don't make it to Fiske's list.
Fiske's picks will be published in the 2011 edition of The Fiske Guide to College. In the me...
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More good news out of Europe, better-than-expected new home sales, and the latest of a solid second-quarter earnings season has helped resuscitate the animal spirits that were missing in action since the spring.
Stocks rose past some key milestones in their historic July over the past week, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average just barely into positive territory for the year. It was a very professional, low volatility rally this week, a welcome change from the intra-day dramatics that had put everyone on edge lately.
What has ...
This is the time of year when you face the facts: Is my GMAT score high enough to get me into my schools of choice or should I retake the GMAT? As an Accepted.com consultant, I would advise you to take the GMAT to achieve your highest possible score, but I also warn you that my advice has a corollary: the law of diminishing returns applies to the GMAT.
This classic economic theory implies that if you continue to put forth effort into the GMAT, you will reach a point where the effort you put into the test will have negative consequences (diminished returns). You may in fact, continue to raise your score, but there is a point at which the number of times yo...
Democrat Julie Lassa went on the offensive Thursday morning as her likely Republican opponent in the 7th Congressional District prepared for a major campaign event featuring former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Despite the dwindling legal job market, law school applicants have increased by 3% nationwide from last year, as reported by The National Law Journal. According to the Law School Admissions Council, the number of law school applications has risen by 7%, with applicants probably applying to several schools.
From counseling for kids who struggle with their weight, to cancer screenings for their parents, preventive health care will soon be available at no out-of-pocket cost under consumer rules the Obama administration unveiled.
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Through a sign-language interpreter at the Dallas County Jail, Stephen Brodie cops to all sorts of crimes save the one that put him behind bars for 10 years: sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl.
Neighbors routinely get a picture and a name when a sex offender moves next door.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered the state's Department of Health and Human Services to allow parents of a 12-year-old to relinquish their parental rights and make the child eligible for adoption.
AP - Many Americans could be hit with a big tax
increase in the next two or three years despite President Barack
Obama's repeated promises to shield the middle class from higher
rates.
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Citigroup
upgraded Boeing (BA) Thursday, elevating the company's stock to
buy from hold. The brokerage house holds a positive view on the
aerospace cyc...
The hunt is on for a new assessor after Board of Assessors Chairman David Cornell handed in his resignation to aldermen last week.
AP - Former Agriculture Department official Shirley
Sherrod, who was forced to resign after a blogger posted comments
she made to a...
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Two
weeks ago, BP plc (BP) was
able to stop oil from spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. The company
announced today that it was time to being
Counties across Mississippi are hoping a change in state law will save them thousands of dollars on inmates' medical bills.
BP capped the blown-out Macondo well last week and has been conducting pressure tests to ensure the cap's strength. A relief well is close to completion but work...
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that compares President Barack Obama to ...
A man accused of shooting and wounding two eighth-graders outside their middle school pleaded not guilty Monday by reason of insanity.
Earlier this month, I tweeted about a report issued by the Australian innovation consulting firm 2thinknow. They'd created a list of the world's 75 most innovative cities, and Boston topped it.
That tweet took off like wildfire — who doesn't like to be ranked #1, after all? It has continued to be re-tweeted over the course of a few weeks, with some people questioning the study's methodology, and others noting that it was almost a year old (I hadn't seen the report before, but on further inspection, the results were issued in July 2009...
Utah officials said Friday they have identified at least two state workers who apparently accessed confidential documents to create a list of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants that was mailed to law enforcement officials and the news media.
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Keeping unemployment benefits flowing for millions of workers whose jobs were eaten by the recession should have been a slam dunk in an election year.
At a time like this, when there are still far too many Americans out of a job, policy makers might consider this simple rule: when a program is successfully and efficiently creating jobs, don’t eliminate it.
This rule should especially be observed when the assertion that it’s working is widely agreed upon by both Democrats to Republicans, by economists and business owners and governors.
But unless the Senate acts soon to preserve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Subsidized Jobs program, this simple rule will be broken and this great program will be taken down.
The Obama administration on Tuesday rolled out an ambitious five-year plan for moving doctors and hospitals to computerized medical records, promising greater safety for patients and lower costs.
AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday secured the
60 votes he needs in the Senate to pass a sweeping overhaul of
financial regulations, all but ensuri...
The Environmental Protection Agency and pipeline company Enbridge Inc. said Saturday the section was removed a day earlier in Calhoun County and will be shipped to a National Transportation Safety Board lab in Washington, D.C. Enbridge Executive Vice President Steve Wuori says officials on the scene can't tell from looking at the pipeline what led ...
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The allure of an overseas
holiday when you are a student us often compelling. You are at that
point in your life when you want to experience everything, to taste
it, feel it, and smell it. Travelling out of the country may have
always been a dream of yours or maybe you want to experience these
adventures without mom and d...
No one should be too poor to buy pot if they live in Washington, at least if the marijuana is for a medical condition.
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Technically, stocks continued to move out of the invalidated head-and-shoulders pattern we've discussed lately. With support below at 1,040, the S&P 500 Index should be good for
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Gross domestic product growth slowed to a 2.4% pace, the slowest in nearly a
year, the Commerce Department announced Friday. The reading of this
measure of economic activity is too weak to push down unemployment.
The quarter saw consumers spend less and retail...
Our latest Recovery-Act-in-Action installment features some exciting new technology, 100 good-paying manufacturing jobs, and the public/private co-investment that is critical to job growth right now.
It’s all taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana, where Allison Transmission is building a new factory to make hybrid systems that go into energy efficient trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles. The new plant, and the 100 folks Allison expects to put to work in it, was partially financed by a $62.8 million Recovery Act grant from the Department of Energy as part their advanced battery grant program.
AP - A Republican gay rights group frustrated with
the Obama administration's failure to repeal the "don't ask,
don't...
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Even with cigarette taxes jumping in multiple states across
the country, cigarettes and cigarette stocks are still attracting
plenty of buyers.One cigarette maker that stands to benefit from this renewed interest is Lorillard, Inc. (LO) -- maker of Newport and Maveric...
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According to a recent Chronicle article ("Experts Debate Fairness of Criminal-Background Checks on Students") more that 60% of colleges review applicants' criminal records in admissions decisions, but only 38% of those actually have training on how to interpret criminal records.
Some schools take criminal background checks more seriously than others. The University of North Carolina is one such school that, after an on-campus murder in 2008 decided it needed to step up its student safety screenings. Last year, UNC asked 10% of it...
AP - Cast this debate as big banks versus big
government.