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California-Amazon Sales Tax Fight Moves to Capitol Hill
Washington - A California fight over online sales taxes could now escalate nationally on Capitol Hill, pitting Amazon and other big retailers against skittish lawmakers accustomed to stoking anti-tax …
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Power Is Restored in San Diego Area
Los Angeles - Electricity was restored on Friday to all of the more than one million people who lost power after a massive shutdown that left homes in the …
On China Did Huntsman Blame America First?
In last night's Republican Presidential debate, former US Ambassador to China and Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman was asked about Gov. Mitt Romney's call to confront China over their trade …
After 9/11, Was War the Only Option?
Courtesy: The New York Times Syndicate. This is the 10th anniversary of the horrendous atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, which, it is commonly held, changed the …
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As Wildfires Rage, Texas Forest Service Grapples with Funding Cuts
As the Texas Forest Service battles what may be the state's most destructive wildfire outbreak ever, state lawmakers are facing criticism that they have has taken a penny-wise-pound-foolish approach …
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Interpol Issues Qaddafi Arrest Warrant as More Libyan Officials Flee
Tripoli, Libya - As Interpol issued arrest warrants for the former Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and two others on Friday, reports came from Niger of a new convoy …
Did 9/11 Make Peace Passe?
Peace has never been a particularly popular word in Washington, DC. This is, after all, the home of the Pentagon and the major military contractors, not to mention all …
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Testimony Implicates a Mubarak Co-Defendant
Cairo - Testimony on Thursday in the criminal case against former President Hosni Mubarak implicated top officials for the first time in ordering the use of force against demonstrators. …
Nine Government Investments that Made Us an Industrial Economic Leader
Remember when the United States led the world in industrial technology? The peak of U.S. supremacy was back in the 1960s, when the “military-industrial complex” was in full force. …
The Die-Hard Recession Heads Off the Charts
"By 1970, the governments of the wealthy countries began to take it for granted that they had truly discovered the secret of cornucopia. Politicians of left and right alike …