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McCain and Obama clash over strategy in Iraq (U.S., 25 articles)
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CINCINNATI - Senator Barack Obama will meet with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank during his trip overseas next week, the first details of which began to emerge on Monday. Democrats preparing to vote in Tuesday's California primary can mark their ballots with confidence, knowing that eithercandidate would make a strong nominee and, if elected, a groundbreaking leader and capable president. SAN DIEGO - Senator Barack Obama on Sunday proposed offering tax breaks to small businesses as an incentive to provide health care to their employees, borrowing an idea from a former rival in the Democratic presidential race. Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois and early war critic, defended his opposition to President George W. Bush's troop increases in Iraq and repeated his call for a 16-month timetable for withdrawing combat troops. " Ending the war is essential to meeting our broader strategic goals, starting in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the Taliban is resurgent and Al Qaeda has a safe haven Obama said in a column in The New York Times. McCain's support among Hispanic Americans is lagging behind that of Obama, who has attracted many Hispanics who had supported Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
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Walter Reed Hearing to Put Spotlight on Kiley's Leadership (U.S., 19 articles)
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A Pentagon review board investigating conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center heard testimony yesterday from injured soldiers and their families describing continued bureaucratic missteps and problems with patient treatment more than three weeks after such problems were disclosed in the news media. Speaking to reporters during a visit to the Army hospital in Northwest Washington, Gates also warned that senior military leaders could be disciplined based on the findings of the review group. Defense officials said Pete Geren had sought Kiley's removal in recent days.
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Bush trumps Congress; Moves first on offshore drilling for oil (U.S., 16 articles)
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WASHINGTON - President Bush lifted nearly two decades of executive orders banning drilling for oil and natural gas off the country's shoreline on Monday while challenging Congress to open up more areas for exploration to address soaring energy prices. With prices at the pump over $4 a gallon, Bush pushed the Democratic-controlled Congress to expand offshore oil and natural gas drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf and give oil companies access to the Arctic Wildlife National Refuge. The American Petroleum Institute, the industry's trade association, said opening new regions to oil companies would, among other things, boost supplies of oil and natural gas and create more well-paying jobs.
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Fed adopts plan to curb shady mortgage practices (U.S., 13 articles)
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The rules bar lenders from making loans without proof of a borrower's income and require lenders to ensure risky borrowers have reserved money to pay for taxes and insurance. The Federal Reserve has adopted rules to give home buyers more protection from the types of shady lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis and propelled foreclosures to record highs. In other cases, a penalty can't be imposed in the first two years of the mortgage prohibit lenders from making a loan without considering a borrower's ability to repay a home loan from sources other than the home's value.
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Live-in girlfriend backfires; he'll avoid future f... (U.S., 11 articles)
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Over the last three years, her mother and father passed away, our children started college and her job will soon disappear. Help her plan positively for the job change, by considering taking time to just relax awhile, take some courses, pursue interest in another field, etc. DEAR ELLIE: My boyfriend of nine years and I are living together and talking about buying a house and the future (kids, marriage, etc).
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400 volunteers exceed expectations :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Health News (U.S., 8 articles)
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Hundreds of volunteers will be at locations throughout the area to help parents register their children for the state's All Kids program, which provides health insurance coverage to kids at a reduced cost. There are no income or citizenship requirements to enroll in the program, and kids with pre-existing health conditions are also eligible to apply. On Saturday, hundreds of volunteers at locations throughout the city and suburbs processed 1,217 applications for All Kids, exceeding the goal of the 1,000 Healthy Kids & Families campaign sponsored by Resurrection Health Care and the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Aid Is a Bumper Crop for Farmers (U.S., 6 articles)
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There are still problems with the distribution of EU farming subsidies to British farmers, three years after mass delays in payouts, MPs have said. An internal review found more than 10,000 farmers were overpaid in 2005, and 7,000 in 2006 but "little action" had been taken to recover the money. Turned around The scheme, a major change to the way farmers received EU payments, was introduced at the same time as a new centralised computer system to process applications - and as staff numbers were being reduced.
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Former Bush press secretary Tony Snow dies of cancer at age 53 (U.S., 8 articles)
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Snow had colon cancer diagnosed and treated in 2005, a year before joining the White House staff. In his brief tenure as Bush's public advocate, Snow became perhaps the best-known face of the administration after the president, vice president and secretary of state. Mr. Bush, whose father, the first President Bush, employed Mr. Snow as a speechwriter, learned of the death from his chief of staff, Joshua B. Bolten.
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Number of aboriginal officers down sharply on First Nations: survey (U.S., 5 articles)
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The number of aboriginal police officers patrolling Canada's First Nations communities is plummeting, despite a recruiting drive over the last decade, a new survey suggests. The " change is most marked in the RCMP, but is also substantial in the self-administered police forces of many native communities, says a preliminary report. The 2007 survey of 788 officers found progress in almost every other area: officers generally have more education and experience, are better trained, and include more women.
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Smithsonian TV Contract Spurs Panel To Cut Funds (U.S., 13 articles)
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The federal investigation into the tribal art collection of Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small started with a telephone call in November 2000 to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service saying that published pictures of the artifacts showed feathers from endangered species. Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lawrence M. Small defended the Smithsonian's television development deal with CBS/Showtime Networks yesterday, saying the agreement was not reached in secret and that restrictions in the contract would affect only a very small number of filmmakers. A federal board ordered the Smithsonian Institution yesterday to reinstate a whistle-blower who was fired in retaliation for reporting that ranking officials of the National Air and Space Museum had misused the institution's world-class aeronautical restoration facility in Maryland for personal projects.
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Knife crime plans 'might just work' (U.S., 10 articles)
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More than 110,000 "problem families" with disruptive youngsters will be targeted as part of a crackdown on knife crime, Gordon Brown has said. Young offenders will be made to visit victims of stabbings as part of a government strategy aimed at curbing knife crime, Jacqui Smith said on Sunday. Following a spate of fatal knife attacks, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to unveil new plans to teach young people about what impact stabbing has on its victims.
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Myrtle Beach: Greens for Less Green (U.S., 4 articles)
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Two golf publications, Golf for Women and Golf Digest, recently polled more than 4,500 male and female readers to learn about their attitudes toward golf and the opposite sex. The results, published in the March/April issue of Golf for Women and available online at http com/, are hardly earthshaking. Women think men spend too much time looking for lost balls and use every tree as a urinal.
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Western Magazines Find a Receptive Audience in India (U.S., 4 articles)
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The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) approval of the plan is a key condition for putting into effect a nuclear deal between India and US. If the IAEA signs the agreement, the deal will go to the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, which regulates global civilian nuclear trade, for approval. Dozens of Indian medical students who have been stranded in China after buying fake air tickets are being flown home, officials from Air India say.
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In ’06 Bomb Plot Trial, a Question of Imminence (U.S., 4 articles)
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Prosecutors told the court that the men's plans included identifying seven specific flights from Heathrow Airport's Terminal 3, which is a base for several airlines that fly trans-Atlantic routes. Air traffic on two continents was paralyzed, and passengers around the world were permanently barred from carrying most liquids onto planes. In a case that changed the face of air travel, three men charged with a plot to kill trans-Atlantic airline passengers with bombs in soda bottles admitted Monday they intended to cause explosions.
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News for Dallas, Texas (U.S., 5 articles)
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Who rents here? According to local property managers, renters in the downtown area are mostly young professionals and interns who want to live in the heart of the city and have a short commute. Did you know? The Dallas World Aquarium, located at 1801 N. Griffin Street in downtown, features more than 85,000 gallons of saltwater with marine life from around the world. Top restaurants and clubs - The Palm - The Zodiac - Local - Abacus - Dakota's - Chaparral - Stephan Pyles - Tarantino's Deep Ellum.
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Billy Packer out, Clark Kellogg in as CBS lead college basketball announcer - (U.S., 4 articles)
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Packer, the occasionally controversial CBS Sports college basketball analyst, is leaving the network after 27 seasons and will be replaced by Clark Kellogg, who has been CBS's top studio analyst. " This is a decision that was made more than a year ago Packer said Monday from his home in North Carolina. Packer, who started his network career at NBC, is active in real estate and other businesses and is working on a major college basketball project that he hopes to announce by September.
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Gena Hatcher, David Lenzi (U.S., 4 articles)
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Barbara L. Wilson officiated, and Sarah E. Lenzi led a ceremony that included Humanist traditions. The bride received her law degree from New York University; the bridegroom received his law degree and a master's in French literature from Yale. Sue-Yun Ahn was married on Saturday evening to Charles Philip Edward Kitcher, a son of Patricia Kitcher and Philip Kitcher of New York.
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2nd possible near collision at JFK in a week (U.S., 4 articles)
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WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration announced measures Monday to improve runway safety, including the installation at major airports of lights that signal pilots when a runway is safe to enter. WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration is studying whether to again change takeoff and landing procedures at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a second near-collision of aircraft in less than a week. At a news conference Monday, acting FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell said a change ordered on Friday for the New York airport might not be permanent.
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Gay American Bishop Gene Robinson accuses opponents of 'idolatry' -Times Online (U.S., 4 articles)
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The head of the Anglican church in the US has said that her church has embarrassed other parts of the Anglican Communion with its approach to sexuality. Culturally inappropriate The presiding bishop said that the discussions about sexuality had become so fraught because some churches were uncomfortable with the subject. The openly gay bishop whose consecration led to the crisis over sexuality in the Anglican Communion has accused his evangelical opponents of "idolatry".
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Being Prudent With Pesticides (U.S., 4 articles)
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To grow well, citrus plants need winter temperatures between 40 and 50 degrees, making for chilly conditions in the room where they are kept. The fact that you are staking it suggests that the plant isn't getting enough light and that the stems may be weak from a growing environment that is too warm. Pests and diseases are unusual on Norway spruce, and spraying your tree is not only an unnecessary expense, it may also be a detriment to the environment.
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Leave film tax credits on cutting-room floor - (U.S., 4 articles)
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Such out-of-town visitors as visiting sports teams and rock stars generate admission tax revenue on ticket sales and sales tax revenue on sales of refreshments and souvenirs. Assuming (somewhat optimistically) that the average attendance per game is precisely half that amount (24,438), annual attendance would be nearly 2 million. Millions of Germans who expect to benefit from an income tax cut in 2010 could come up empty-handed after the finance ministry said on Monday it was seeking to recoup the revenue by raising levies on high earners.
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New York Post (U.S., 8 articles)
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UNIONS WIN, YOU LOSE LABOR BOSSES RULE LAWMAKERS - AND CHOKE NY June 13, 2008 - KEY triumphs by New York union bosses this spring offer textbook lessons for how to keep Labor strong. Consider... more BAM 'S LAND OF LOSERS HIS PATHETIC ADVICE TO GRADS May 30, 2008 - FOR all his soaring, hopeful rhetoric, Barack Obama chose an odd message this week to send Wesleyan's graduating seniors. Rev. Jesse Jackson has a habit of lashing out against individuals for their alleged words or actions, but those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones Nuts.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie celebrate birth of the 'Brangelina' twins (U.S., 8 articles)
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Hollywood's golden couple now have a golden boy and girl, after the "Brangelina" twins were born in southern France. Exclusive rights to the first photographs of the babies have been sold for $11 million ($6 million) to an unnamed US magazine, reported the newspaper Nice Matin, which broke the news of the birth yesterday. Sussmann said the Caesarean was moved forward from its planned date "for medical reasons" so the babies could be born " in the best conditions.
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Dr. Michael DeBakey, who pioneered bypass surgery, dead at 99 (U.S., 7 articles)
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Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, a medical pioneer who was the driving force in developing the field of cardiac surgery, operating on more than 60,000 patients and developing medical technology that saved millions more, has died. In his highly influential career, DeBakey performed the first coronary artery bypass surgery and the first carotid endarterectomy to prevent strokes. Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, whose innovative heart and blood vessel operations made him one of the most influential doctors in the United States, died Friday night in Houston, where he lived.
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Office of Thrift Supervision steps in and closes IndyMac Bank; FDIC takes over operations (U.S., 7 articles)
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NEW YORK - The bank executives who promised months ago that the worst of the financial crisis had passed are looking less and less credible to investors. That could pose a problem as the industry releases what are expected to be dismal second-quarter earnings over the next few weeks. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The government's seizure of IndyMac Bank raises concerns for many consumers about whether their banks might be next.
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A jittery China awaits the start of the Beijing Olympic Games (U.S., 6 articles)
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BEIJING - With a month to go before the Olympics - a time when most host cities are set to offer the world a warm greeting - Beijing seems wary. Even in the hills outside Beijing, farmers who have turned their farmhouses into rustic inns have been told by police to turn away one group of would-be guests. The gathering follows a similar forum in Beijing on Tuesday that produced wide-ranging agreements on boosting Chinese tourism to the U.S., increasing safeguards over Chinese products and opening up midsize Chinese cities to American imports.
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Eight Belles' trainer says Saez did nothing wrong - (U.S., 6 articles)
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Questions about breeding, medication, synthetic surfaces versus dirt and other safety issues have dogged the industry for some time, and a congressional panel has asked key players in the sport to testify this week about its direction. Arkansas, Michigan and Nebraska said their organizations don't track fatalities, and only one of Florida's three main thoroughbred tracks provided numbers. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called for Saez to be suspended, contending he should have noticed an injury and pulled up the horse rather than apply the whip.
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ABC News: Search for Adventurer Fossett to Resume (U.S., 5 articles)
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The plan is intended to signal the government is prepared to take all necessary steps to prevent the credit market troubles that erupted last year with losses from subprime mortgages from engulfing financial markets. A 10-member team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers fanned out on foot Monday in rugged mountains on the Nevada-California border, hoping to find what search planes and satellite imagery couldn't - Steve Fossett's body. The search team, led by Canadian geologist and adventure racer Simon Donato, focused on remote, wooded areas in the Sweetwater Mountains, near where the 63-year-old Fossett was last seen.
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EPA experts detail global warming's health risks (U.S., 5 articles)
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A US appeals court struck down landmark air-pollution regulations on Friday, shocking both environmental and industry groups with a decision that could severely hamper efforts to curb smog and acid rain. " Risk (to human health, society and the environment) increases with increases in both the rate and magnitude of climate change scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency said. WASHINGTON The Bush administration Friday rejected its own experts' conclusion that global warming poses a threat to the public welfare, launching a comment period that will delay action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at least until the next president takes office.
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Vote due on bill that would let out-of-state gays marry in Mass. - (U.S., 5 articles)
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BY SOME odd twist of events, the best-known act of the Massachusetts Legislature of 1913 is a law denying marriage licenses to nonresident couples if their union would be illegal in their home states. In March 2000, Californians passed Proposition 22, making the Defense of Marriage Act law: " Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. The law was approved at a time when many states barred interracial marriages, although supporters say there's no evidence it was racially motivated in Massachusetts, which began allowing interracial marriages in 1843.
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Chicago Tribune editor, L.A. Times publisher resign - (U.S., 5 articles)
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Publishing News: Hiller meets with Zell, Michaels in Chicago Chatter in journo circles swirled during the weekend that Tribune Co. brass... more. Chicago Tribune editor Ann Marie Lipinski and Los Angeles Times publisher David Hiller resigned today as parent company Tribune Co. cuts staff and shrinks its papers nationwide to save money. Tribune Co. is cutting costs to offset declines in advertising and circulation revenue that have sharpened this year for most newspapers in the United States.
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Common red flags for home buyers (U.S., 5 articles)
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The dream scenario for someone selling his or her home is a long line of prospective buyers shouting at the top of their lungs in a protracted bidding war for the home. Real estate agents generally have a variety of standard forms, including residential purchase agreements that are kept up to date and made available to those who use the services of an agent. Finally, in many states there are disclosure laws a seller must comply with, and real estate agents can make sure that happens as well.
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The Pardon in History's Hindsight (U.S., 5 articles)
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By the 1970s, G.M. was buffeted by issues such as fuel economy, labor unrest and the emergence of Japanese auto companies such as Toyota, Honda and Nissan. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma of Watergate the lies, distortions, coverups, misuses of federal agencies to exact political revenge, illegal wiretapping, burglaries.... Did Ford make the right decision in pardoning his predecessor? The answer to that question is more nuanced than either the howls of outrage that greeted the pardon three decades ago or the general acceptance with which it is viewed now.
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Identical care isn't best for all patients (U.S., 4 articles)
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States, the federal government and private insurers are experimenting with an idea to cut costs and make patients happier: Paying primary-care doctors extra money to oversee and coordinate patients' care. The pay boost rewards doctors who reshape their practices to recreate an era when a trusted family physician helped patients through hospitalizations, coordinated specialist care and provided routine screenings. Medicare this year will choose eight states to test whether paying primary-care doctors more per month to treat patients with chronic illnesses in medical home settings results in better care and lower costs than traditional practices.
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New York Post (U.S., 4 articles)
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With Lewes only about 110 miles away, the round-trip in my compact car didn't even use up a tank of gas. We have endeavored to take Dizzy along on holiday before and have struggled to find reasonable accommodations for a couple of days at the beach. As Joanne Cassidy noted, there is a difference between "pet tolerant" and " pet friendly.
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Still, Han believes his business model will stick.... (U.S., 4 articles)
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That issue consisted of four tabloid-size pages, sold for a penny, and was in marked contrast to the six-cent "literary" dailies then in fashion all along the East Coast. Since that time, The Sun has experienced dramatic growth and change that is not adequately reflected in a chronicle of the mere passage of years. Today, approximately 1,500 full- and part-time employees work for The Sun, making The Baltimore Sun Company not only one of Maryland's most prestigious employers, but also one of its largest.
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U.S. Supreme Court (U.S., 4 articles)
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Linda Greenhouse, who has spent her entire 40-year career in journalism at The New York Times, is answering questions from readers July 14-18, 2008. Questions can be sent to askthetimes Ms. Greenhouse, who has covered the United States Supreme Court for 27 years, was hired by the columnist James Reston to work as his assistant for a year. She worked in the paper's state legislative bureau in Albany for four years during the mid-1970s, the last two years as bureau chief.
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More salmonella cases reported :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Health News (U.S., 4 articles)
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WASHINGTON The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect. There have been 943 reported cases nationwide, with at least 130 hospitalizations since mid-April after the first salmonella illnesses appeared, the Food and Drug Administration said Saturday. New interviews with those who became infected found that many had eaten jalapeno peppers, often in salsa served with Mexican food, according to two state health officials.
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Congress gains time on Medicare cuts - (U.S., 4 articles)
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The cut was scheduled to begin today after Medicare spending surpassed a ceiling that had been set by Congress as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. In Texas, for example, the politically powerful Texas Medical Association late last week withdrew its endorsement of Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who is in a competitive battle for re-election, the Dallas Morning News reported. These private plans - that now cover a fifth of the total Medicare population - receive large subsidies to deliver services that traditional Medicare provides more cheaply and more efficiently by paying hospitals and doctors directly.
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New gizmo creates fine wine in mere minutes :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Food (U.S., 4 articles)
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Looking out his window one day, Eric Aubriot envisioned a continental wine store down an unlikely stretch of Greenview Avenue in Rogers Park. Rogers Park, a community where people speak 40 different languages, has been experiencing considerable development, particularly in the surrounding neighborhoods with condo conversion the past decade. AT THE CHEF 'S TABLE A biweekly column where Chicago area chefs offer tips, recipes and insight into techniques and ingredients.
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