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Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043
WASHINGTON (AP) — White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining...Tags: Immigration, Elections, Migration, Politics, Social Issues
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Huge tax increase looms at year-end 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A typical middle-income family making $40,000 to $64,000 a year could see its taxes go up by $2,000 next year if lawmakers fail to renew a lengthy roster of tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year, according to a new report...
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Outside money fills airwaves in tight Senate races
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Campaign cash from outside political groups is flooding into conservative states with close Senate races like Indiana, Arizona and Montana, where residents are more accustomed to local news promos between football games than...Tags: Harry Reid, Politics, NCIS (tv program), Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Labor Legislation
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Judge: Indiana can't collect on IBM welfare lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Wednesday spurned Indiana's efforts to recoup roughly $170 million from IBM Corp. over its failed effort to overhaul the state's welfare system as part of a broader privatization push that was an early hallmark of...Tags: Laws, Mitch Daniels, Privatization, IBM, Justice System
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Turkey's Erdogan says U.N. must decide on any Syria no-fly zone
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it would be up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside Syria and said he backed the involvement of Russia and China in planned peace...Tags: International Organizations, Tehran (Iran), Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Politics, National Government
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Turkish PM says no decision yet on further Iran oil import cuts
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey had already significantly reduced its oil imports from Iran, which is under the choke of U.S. sanctions, and further cutbacks would depend on his country's energy...Tags: Iran, Turkey
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Warner Center office park sells for an estimated $80 million
A vast office park in Warner Center — the white-collar business hub of the San Fernando Valley — has sold for an estimated $80 million to investors who see it as central to an evolving and increasingly dense commercial and residential...
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Insight: Housing improvement may herald return of U.S. workforce mobility
ReutersNEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When David Pendery, a corporate public relations specialist, decided to move his family from Colorado to Illinois this year for work, his biggest worry was whether he would be able to sell his home quickly. It took just...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Connecticut Labor Markets, Unemployment, Employment, Danbury
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Census: Whites hold US majority 3 years longer, population slows, if immigration growth slows
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Without increased immigration, whites would lose their U.S. majority in 2046, three years beyond official projections, and the nation's population would not reach 400 million until after 2060, a decade or more later than forecast,...Tags: Immigration, Migration, Politics, Labor Legislation, Washington, DC
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Lawmakers accuse Obama administration of abusing free speech rights
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers accused the Obama administration on Wednesday of trampling on free speech rights and evading questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records. U.S. Attorney General Eric...Tags: F James Jr Sensenbrenner, Chuck Schumer, Security, Elections, Zoe Lofgren
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INSIGHT-Housing improvement may herald return of U.S. workforce mobility
ReutersBy Steven C. Johnson and Margaret Chadbourn NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - When David Pendery, a corporate public relations specialist, decided to move his family from Colorado to Illinois this year for work, his biggest worry was whether he...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Connecticut Labor Markets, Employment, Unemployment, Danbury
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Suspicions fire racial tensions
Gina Blandin has a theory about what caused the flooding disaster that befell New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck last August, an idea that has little to do with engineering studies or physical evidence and everything to do with the poisonous...Tags: Politics, Mardi Gras, Floods, FEMA, Liberty Bank
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