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U.N. boosts Palestinians' status to nonmember observer state
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday to slightly enhance the status of the Palestinian territories at the international organization, a controversial gambit that conveys world recognition for beleaguered Palestinians....Tags: Palestinian National Authority, West Bank, Government, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Obama sides with airlines against European emission plan
Considering President Obama has long championed the environment, it might have been a surprise that he signed a bill last week to protect U.S. airlines from complying with a European emissions-cutting effort. The European Union plan calls for fines on...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Politics, Los Angeles International Airport, European Union, Barack Obama
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MarksJarvis: Investors seek encouraging words in quarterly reports
Investors have been ducking for two days — laying low while they hope that corporate executives assure them during the next few weeks that companies have come through a soft patch and can produce strong profits in 2013. The market has entered...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Science and Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Paul W. Ramey
Paul Wilson Ramey, a member of the Army Corps of Engineers who was a founder of AIDS Action Baltimore, died of cancer Dec. 29 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 55 and lived in Hampden.
Born and raised in Woodstock, Va., he was a 1975 graduate...Tags: AIDS, Science and Technology, Paul Wilson, Armed Forces, Engineering
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Top Spanish real estate lender lays off 6,000 employees
MADRID -- Spain's biggest real estate lender announced Wednesday that it would slash 6,000 jobs and close nearly 40% of its bank branches in exchange for European bailout loans. The European Commission approved restructuring plans for Spain's...
Tags: Pakistan, Madrid (Spain), Spain, Labor Markets, Unemployment
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Days Divide band from Jessamine County returns from European tour, releases EP
brossi@jessaminejournal.comIf there is one thing Days Divide does not want to be, it's labeled — not by the music industry and not by their audience. They aren't backed by a mainstream production label, nor do they fall under the stereotypical label of a "Christian band."...Tags: Gavin Rossdale, Travel, International Travel, Entertainment, Music
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OECD's global outlook dimmed by Eurozone crisis, U.S. 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON -- Saying that the global recovery hangs in the balance, a leading international economic group called for "decisive policy action" to ensure that the fiscal risks in the U.S. and the ongoing debt crisis in Europe do not plunge the world back...
Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Globalization, Money and Monetary Policy, Economic Indicator, Labor Markets
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Two consumer groups urge Facebook to back off privacy changes
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two consumer watchdogs are urging Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to back off proposed changes to its policies that they say would curb the rights of its 1 billion-plus users and make more personal information...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, Interior Policy, Data Protection, Politics, Personal Data Collection
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UCF forecast says economy will improve … slowly
Blog-o-nomics - Orlando SentinelUCF is out with its last economic forecast of 2012, and the projections paint a decidedly uninspiring picture. Reduced to its simplest terms, the forecast says things are slowly getting better — the keyword here is slowly — but they could... -
MarksJarvis: Mutual funds manage to post pleasing results for 2012
If you invested in a solid mix of stock and bond funds at the beginning of 2012, and didn't peek at them during the stock market stress of the past year, you probably will be delighted when you open your year-end statement from your 401(k) or brokerage...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Personal Finance, Mutual Funds, Bonds
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Greeks, other Europeans rally against far-right party
ATHENS — Hundreds of Greeks and activists from 19 other European countries took to the streets of Athens on Saturday in protest against a far-right party that critics fear could feed extremism across the continent. The rally against Golden Dawn,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Parliament, Parties and Movements
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Following Blind Ideology Right Off Cliff
The Hartford CourantWe have gone over the fiscal cliff. The politicians jury-rigged a last-minute, temporary deal, but let's face it — we went over. The chattering classes are discussing the next big fiscal deadline in February, which is when the government hits...Tags: Philosophy, Politics, George W. Bush, Wesleyan University, World War II (1939-1945)
Nov 29, 2012
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Dec 2, 2012
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Jan 9, 2013
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Jan 9, 2013
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Jan 6, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 15, 2012
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Jan 4, 2013
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