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  • Tech: Gadget News and Reviews
    Mar 30, 2012 — Washington Post
    Thanks. pegoraror: Yes, and have done so for several years now. If I purchase this, will my current MS Office 2003 run on it? pegoraror: Yes. Thanks. pegoraror: You should have no trouble meeting that price limit.
  • Ask the Experts: Best ways to save, and make money doing it
    Mar 15, 2010 — The Sacramento Bee
    She is very worried about capital gains on the house, since she needs this money to live on for the rest of her days. How big a hit will she take from capital gains/taxes when her house sells? To estimate how much tax will be due, see Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals.
  • Cost control's the key
    Mar 15, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    Notably absent is anything resembling the effort to cap and privatize Medicare that House Republicans have proposed. The Congressional Budget Office and Medicare actuaries agree; both estimated that the Senate-passed bill would reduce the growth in federal healthcare spending once it was fully implemented. Lawmakers may very well find themselves having to do more in the future to restrain healthcare costs.
  • Decisive week begins for health reform
    Mar 15, 2010 — Washington Post
    An alliance of groups supporting the health care plan, which works closely with the White House and Democratic leaders, had been spending far less and focusing on fewer districts. Bill Halter announced his race against moderate Democratic Sen. The shift follows a push from the Obama administration, which sees a political advantage in pushing legislation taking aim at Wall Street.
  • Democratic leaders say health bill will pass
    Mar 15, 2010 — Washington Post
    The fixes must meet specific budget requirements allowing it to be approved in the Senate with a simple majority vote. It would then go to the House Rules Committee, where Chairman Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.) could package it with the $875 billion measure the Senate passed on Christmas Eve. GOP leaders portray the move as an attempt to circumvent Senate traditions and thwart popular will.Rep.
  • Discovery Communications Expands With Eye on Global Market
    Mar 15, 2010 — New York Times
    Zaslav often says he is trying to transform Discovery from “a great platform company into a great content company.” A former lawyer, Mr. Zaslav’s favorite turnaround story is that of Investigation Discovery, formerly called Discovery Times. In January 2011, Discovery Health will become OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.
  • Dodd Is Ready to Introduce Reform Bill
    Mar 15, 2010 — New York Times
    The bill would also reshape the regulatory role of the Fed. “Never did I realize that health care would affect financial regulation,” Mr. Senator Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat who is ideologically an opposite to Mr.
  • Earmark Curbs Could Boost Senate
    Mar 15, 2010 — Politico
    Many House members berated the Senate for approving a slim jobs package weeks after the House approved a sweeping bill worth more than $150 billion.
  • Exotic dancer uses labor law to sue D.C. club over wages
    Mar 15, 2010 — Washington Post
    Thompson is suing The House in U.S. District Court, alleging that the club pays dancers no wages but ought to under the law. If a dancer was late to the stage, Thompson said, the club charged a $10 penalty. When she threatened to sue the club's owner, Darrell Allen, he told her to "get in line," she said.
  • Genetix gets $35m infusion for gene therapy work
    Mar 15, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    We are poised to capitalize on those advancements.''Genetix, which has now closed $75 million in funding since its inception, adds its own twist to gene therapy. Rather than injecting its therapies directly into patients, the company treats patients' own bone marrow after it has been extracted from them. Once the firm's treatments have corrected the genes in patients' bone marrow stem cells, the cells are infused back into the patients to cure their illness.
  • Give us all a clue
    Mar 15, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
    TK as in 'To Come."The House is being asked to pass a Senate bill many members don't like, with the promise that another bill will fix the Senate bill. It will be the final word on health care reform.The public hasn't seen this bill. They've seen Democratic leaders embrace a legislative maneuver to avoid Senate rules and jam through a purely partisan bill.
  • Gop Surges, But Storm Could Fade
    Mar 15, 2010 — Politico
    All other problems will be exaggerated until the recession is under control because, to voters, a jobless recovery is no recovery at all. An election based on choice will significantly temper Republican gains. The GOP base is already motivated — against the Democratic agenda.
  • How to file a complaint
    Mar 15, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    California Department of Aging The state ombudsman program assists with nursing home complaints. Write to the deputy director at California Department of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Quality, P.O. Box 997377, Sacramento, CA 95899-7377. California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform This office assists with the complaint process for long-term care facilities.
  • New England in brief
    Mar 15, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    An affidavit also alleges Henderson employed two other illegal immigrants. Henderson was responsible for stopping illegal immigrants from entering the country. Filmmaker Luis Argueta also is scheduled to screen his documentary, ``abUSed: The Postville Raid.'' The film chronicles the May 2008 arrests of 389 undocumented workers in Postville, Iowa, by federal immigration agents.
  • Newly powerful China defies Western nations with remarks, policies
    Mar 15, 2010 — Washington Post
    In a news conference on Sunday, Premier Wen Jiabao said he was aware of "theories about China's arrogance, toughness and triumphalism," but rejected them. China's previous president, Jiang Zemin, is widely thought to have been pro-American. And China's plans to compel Western businesses to share their technology have prompted a backlash from a community that does not like to criticize China openly.
  • Obama's focus on financial rules, Supreme Court opinion could aid Democrats
    Mar 15, 2010 — Washington Post
    But White House officials are weighing how hard to push legislative proposals by Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who are working on the issue. But the question is how."Reform advocates plan to rally across the country Sunday, a way to pressure lawmakers that Obama encouraged in the meeting.
  • Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs
    Mar 15, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    As long as the IOUs last, benefits will keep flowing. But to illustrate the government's commitment to repaying Social Security, the Treasury Department has been issuing special bonds that earn interest for the retirement program. Retirees can start getting early, reduced benefits at age 62.
  • Cutbacks at Jackson Health System will affect everyone's healthcare in Miami-Dade
    Mar 14, 2010 — The Miami Herald
    If facilities are closed down, Kosnitzky said, patients are "going to sit home, get sicker. Consider Jackson Memorial's emergency room, ground zero for the county's poor and uninsured. That's huge." Stierheim has become a volunteer advisor to Jackson.
  • EDITORIAL
    Mar 14, 2010 — Tampa Tribune
    Retirement benefits cost taxpayers about 10 percent of a typical employee's pay. As TaxWatch President Dominic Calabro points out, even Social Security is indexed to inflation. The savings would allow lawmakers to spare Florida Forever and other key government functions. Lawmakers should follow TaxWatch's counsel.
  • Miami's pensions pose its biggest financial problem: Facing another tough budget year and an ongoing federal probe, Miami leaders must next confront their biggest financial issue
    Mar 14, 2010 — The Miami Herald
    Those unions are required to submit proposals by April 1 and the city counters a month later. John Timoney, a national figure, was replaced as chief by Miguel Exposito, a 35-year city police officer who was an investigator in Internal Affairs during a decade when police shootings ran rampant. Migoya said Thursday that the sides have yet to reach an agreement on how, or whether, the money will be repaid.
  • Virgina budget talks stall as lawmakers reach impasse
    Mar 14, 2010 — The Virginian-Pilot
    William Wampler, a Bristol Republican: "I think we're way beyond who prevails. Bob McDonnell, rejected a proposal left by former Gov. That means eliminating funding for 19 bench openings, including three in Hampton Roads. For government employees, the plan avoids furloughs proposed by the Senate. Del.
  • $10 vehicle fee in the mix as fix for roads and transit
    Mar 13, 2010 — Contra Costa Times
    ...transportation projects, and stepping up to pay for them." In Santa Clara County, a committee of the Transportation Authority recommended Wednesday that the full authority consider a November ballot measure. A poll of 900 Marin County voters found 65 percent in support of a $10 per auto fee, according to the Marin County Transportation Authority, which is investigating a ballot measure. The Solano County Transportation Authority is looking at a November ballot measure...
  • Al Qaeda suspect had worked at nuke plants in NJ and Pa
    Mar 13, 2010 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
    PSEG spokesman Joe Delmar said Mobley worked as a contract laborer during refueling outages from 2002 to 2008 and satisfied federal security requirements. Federal authorities told state Homeland Security officials that there was no security breach involving Mobley at the nuclear plants, according to Mike Drewniak, spokesman for Gov. Chris Christie. Jenkins said Mobley, who worked on scaffolding at the nuclear plants and excavation projects in Camden County, would have been put...
  • Are we close to
    Mar 13, 2010 — CNN
    Austin, Texas (CNN) -- An Internet that gives people the information they want virtually as soon as it's created is getting closer, according to Internet professionals. Recently, Twitter, on which most users make their information open to everyone, hit a major milestone -- its 10 billionth tweet. On sites like Twitter, Gowalla and Foursquare, Google Buzz and Facebook, status updates already exist as elements of a real-time Web.
  • Are we close to real real-time Web?
    Mar 13, 2010 — CNN
    Austin, Texas (CNN) -- An Internet that gives people the information they want virtually as soon as it's created is getting closer, according to Internet professionals. Recently, Twitter, on which most users make their information open to everyone, hit a major milestone -- its 10 billionth tweet. On sites like Twitter, Gowalla and Foursquare, Google Buzz and Facebook, status updates already exist as elements of a real-time Web.
  • At ground zero in Cornelius, Dave Vanasche leads fight to preserve Washington County farmland
    Mar 13, 2010 — The Oregonian
    The acreage north of Cornelius is a large, intact segment of farmland where little development intrudes. Dave Vanasche became a civil engineer and licensed land surveyor. Vanderzanden and, of course, Vanasche, which is Belgian. Vanasche steers the pickup over a stream on the north edge of Cornelius.
  • At Harvard, reengineering science
    Mar 13, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    Harvard has stepped up its recruitment of such students in recent years.Since 2006, Harvard has unveiled seven new undergraduate majors, and all of them have been in the sciences. We need to have an education that enables a wide range of students to be excited by the sciences. People who go into policy fields need to understand science.
  • Ballantyne rezonings are not new, but opposition is
    Mar 13, 2010 — The Charlotte Observer
    Help us fight this rezoning now!" Ballantyne resident Doug Baumgartner e-mailed the Observer saying the apartments shouldn't be built. Twenty-four acres that were zoned for a commercial center were rezoned for apartments. CMS estimated the rezoning would add seven new students to area schools than under the current zoning. The petitioner sent 400 letters to nearby residents and homeowner associations.
  • Bankruptcy agreement could aid Kenosha plant
    Mar 13, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Kenosha licenses were included in the filing to aid the Chrysler estate "in bolstering the recoverable value, and promoting the efficient liquidation" of the factory, equipment and fixtures in the Kenosha plant. Chrysler spokeswoman Jodi Tinson said she could not comment on the estate's plans for the disposition of the plant. "Our plans for Kenosha have not changed," she said. "We still plan to close the plant at the end of the year." Kenosha Mayor Keith Bosman said in a...
  • Blending of job skills sought in Western Pennsylvania's nexus industries
    Mar 13, 2010 — The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    These skills would be valuable for workers who manage patient information in a hospital, for example. --Health care or life sciences combined with manufacturing. Workers with these abilities could develop systems to analyze traditional and alternative energy sources, for example. --Energy and manufacturing.
  • BRIEF
    Mar 13, 2010 — Times Union
    ...nearby buildings, after beginning eminent domain proceedings against the owners of the structures. The economic development agency has long wanted to see progress at the Foster, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, and hopes to find a developer willing to turn the property into a retail and residential complex. "It's a very significant, beautiful facade," said Ray Gillen, the agencys chairman. "It's the last piece of the puzzle on the block." To read...
  • Broadband grant will boost schools' Internet speed
    Mar 13, 2010 — The Augusta Chronicle
    We're going from a two-lane interstate to a 20-lane interstate." Virtual teaching environments will be possible. Gifted students in the system's smaller schools often must travel by bus to a different school to take part in gifted classes. A 10-gigabit fiber-optic line will make it possible for pupils and teachers to share a dedicated server at the data center.
  • Buying 'Patch' is cheap ASU option
    Mar 13, 2010 — The Augusta Chronicle
    Hamrick said. Nearby on Damascus Road is First Tee, a community golf center for youth; Augusta's Aquatic Center; about 35 acres owned by a private developer; and the Patch. Hamrick said that until the subcommittee met ASU didn't have the Patch on its radar. "They talked about how to save the Patch and the financial difficulties they were in," she said. "Only then did we start looking at the Patch as part of our master plan." ASU is examining the Patch for an...
  • California Legislature takes up constitutional reforms, targets budget process
    Mar 13, 2010 — San Jose Mercury News
    Under them, lawmakers would carry fewer bills each year, with incentives provided for bipartisan bills. Legislative committees would spend more time vetting programs and watching over state departments. Technical details must still be worked out when legislative hearings begin this month.
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