NYT: Obama will not extend tax cuts to wealthy - Politics - The New York Times - msnbc.com
MSNBC (USA) - 8-9-2010
Congressional Democrats have been waiting for signal before showdown . Obama's opposition to allowing the high-end tax cuts to remain in place for even another year or two would be the signal many Congressional Democrats have been awaiting as they prepare for a showdown with Republicans on the ... |
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CITY INSIDER / Housing Authority collections setback
SFGate (USA) - 8-9-2010
And that's just one of several stumbling blocks as the agency, which has a history of spotty record keeping, moves to bring public housing tenants into compliance with federal rent requirements after years of haphazard collection. A group of 25 housing advocates and other groups recently sent a ... |
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Philadelphia collects $109,700 from contractor under local-preference law
The Philadelphia Inquirer (USA) - 8-9-2010
Without admitting any wrongdoing, Mulhern Electric Company Inc., of Abington, wrote a $109,700 check last month to settle the city's allegation that Mulhern claimed to be a 'local business entity' under the city's laws, but was not. The action against Mulhern could be the first of many ...
Ending DROP may be easier said than done- The Philadelphia Inquirer (USA) |
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Debate hardens over Iran's impending stoning
SFGate (USA) - 8-9-2010
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Ministers consider case for David Kelly death inquest
BBC (UK) - 8-9-2010
The weapons expert's body was found in 2003 near his Oxfordshire home after he was exposed as the source of a BBC story on the grounds for war in Iraq. In his 2004 inquiry, Lord Hutton found that Dr Kelly had committed suicide. But several legal and medical experts have questioned the ... |
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Marco Rubio: 'I represent the things I stand for'
CNN (USA) - 8-9-2010
Senate in Florida, the former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives aggressively courted the state's conservative Tea Party activists. That strategy worked. Rubio was suddenly a Tea Party favorite. His stunning rise in the polls forced Florida's more moderate governor, Charlie Crist, to ... |
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David Cameron's father dies after stroke
The Independent (UK) - 8-9-2010
David Cameron's father Ian died today after suffering a stroke while on holiday in France. Downing Street said the 77-year-old died shortly after the Prime Minister reached the hospital in the south of the country ... |
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Glenn Mulcaire: In his own words, private detective at heart of phone-tapping scandal
The Independent (UK) - 8-9-2010
The book, provisionally titled Hear to Here: The Inside Story of the Royal Household Tapes and The Murky World of the Media, was never published because Mulcaire signed an 80,000 confidentiality agreement with the News of the World after he sued for wrongful dismissal following his ...
PMQ's: Nick Clegg faces phone-hacking row questions- Telegraph.co.uk (UK) |
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David Cameron PR guru Andy Coulson to face police quiz over phone-hacking
Mirror.co.uk (UK) - 8-9-2010
World, a Scotland Yard commander said yesterday. Downing Street communications director Andy Coulson has denied knowing staff at the paper accessed phone messages illegally when he was its editor. But former reporter Sean Hoare insisted that Mr Coulson knew about the eavesdropping technique ... |
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David Cameron rushes to France after father taken ill
Telegraph.co.uk (UK) - 8-9-2010
David Cameron has broken off his political engagements to rush to France where his father Ian has been taken seriously ill. . Related Articles Cameron and Clegg: We will not budge on voting reforms The Camerons show off new baby to media Gunman shot by police was told his wife had to go into ... |
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