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The great deficit debate: looking for money in all the wrong places
Contributing ColumnistFor the last two years we’ve heard the same mantra from the GOP and its mouthpiece, FOX News: “We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.” It’s usually said with solemnity and sometimes a hint of compassion, as if the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Medicare, World Bank Group, Finance, Denmark
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LIFE MATTERS: Making a list and checking it...for a surprise
Contributing WriterSurprising someone with just the right gift is a risky business, even if you think you know the person well. I chuckle every time I think of that cartoon of the husband standing outside his bedroom door in his pajamas, wearing some ridiculous looking...Tags: Holidays, Groupon, Inc., Religious Festivals, University of Chicago
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Centre calculated media value of the Vice Presidential Debate
Editor’s Note: The following is a press release from Centre College. On Oct. 5, 2000, Centre College in Danville — population 16,000 — became the smallest campus in the smallest community ever to host a general election debate, an...
Tags: Vocus Incorporated, Joe Biden, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Supreme Court, The New York Times
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GUEST COLUMN: Bailout for state pensions? Say it ain't so!
Contributing WriterCould it be that one of the reasons Kentucky’s political leaders continue to kick the commonwealth’s can of unfunded pension liabilities down the road is because they are counting on a bailout from the federal government? Why not? If...Tags: Finance, Government, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Regional Authority
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Ryan health care options troubling
Romney has named Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his VP running mate. Ryan is chairman of the House Budget Committee and has produced a budget plan titled “The path to prosperity.” Romney has signed onto that plan. The most striking...Tags: Paul Ryan, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Insurance, Government Health Care, Companies and Corporations
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25 Years Ago: June 7, 2012
Richard Clark of Troop 54 in Winchester received the Boy Scouts of America Eagle Award. The Eagle Investiture took place at Trinity United Methodist Church with Assistant Scoutmaster Jim Porter presiding. Tom Young, district executive, gave the Eagle...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Advice Columns and Columnists
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Yahoo's board is said to OK buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1-billion cash acquisition of blogging site Tumblr. A deal could be announced as soon as Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. It's the biggest -- and riskiest -- deal yet for...Tags: Marissa Mayer, Computer Networking and Internet, Business Enterprises, Google Inc., Media Industry
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Khaled Hosseini on "And the Mountains Echoed"
Khaled Hosseini stormed the best-seller lists with his debut novel, “The Kite Runner,” in 2003, following it up with the even more popular “A Thousand Splendid Suns” in 2007. Both set in the author's native country of Afghanistan,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Polio, Ethan Canin, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, General Practitioners
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'Star Trek Into Darkness' a worthy enterprise, critics say
It wouldn't be quite accurate to say that J.J. Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek" reboot boldly went where no man had gone before. After all, such familiar faces such as Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock and Uhura were along for the ride (though played by new actors), as was...
Tags: Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, J.J. Abrams, Celebrities, The New York Times
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Mary Sanchez: Responsibility for Asian sweatshop safety lies with us, too
Another apparel factory has collapsed in a poor Asian country, killing three workers, and I fear I'm partly to blame. The evidence of my complicity sits idle on the landing, next to a tennis racquet. Asics shoes. My adored new pair, so light, makes it...Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Bangladesh, Heavy Engineering, Health and Safety at Work
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Fort Lauderdale Forum finds IRS requests taxing
Sun SentinelThe Fort Lauderdale Forum was turned down for tax-exempt status, it says, by IRS officials who told the nonprofit discussion group that “…a group of individuals reminiscing about the past … is not educational.” Now the group&...Tags: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Barack Obama, FBI, Politics, Taxation
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Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter
For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Television, Computer Networking and Internet, Electronic Devices, Intel Corp.
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