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Talk of GOP primaries follows 'fiscal cliff' vote
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives. These lawmakers wasted little time...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Mitch McConnell, Primaries, White House
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New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Medicare, Market and Exchange, Social Security
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Ky. officials work to prevent student confinement
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky education officials are working to prevent public school students from being restrained or confined alone in small rooms after citing two schools for violating the rights of three disabled students subjected to such...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Students, Health
Jan 5, 2013
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Dec 4, 2012
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Jan 20, 2012
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