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    Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Message to Russian oligarchs: Your money's just as safe at home

    It’s been a rough week for Russian oligarchs, with the apparent suicide of exiled Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky as well as a Eurozone rescue of Cyprus expected to come largely at the expense of Russian high rollers who stashed their wealth in the island’s now insolvent banks.
    It’s been a rough week for Russian oligarchs, with the apparent suicide of exiled Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky as well as a Eurozone rescue of Cyprus expected to come largely at the expense of Russian high rollers who stashed their wealth in...

    Tags: Federal Bailout Funds, Russia, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Real Estate Sellers, Vladimir Putin

    2. Mar 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Palestinian politics do matter

    With President Obama's visit to Israel and the occupied territories now behind us, attention is likely to turn to how we might restart the peace process. But if the past is any indication, one crucial element will be largely ignored in the discussion: Palestinian politics.
    With President Obama's visit to Israel and the occupied territories now behind us, attention is likely to turn to how we might restart the peace process. But if the past is any indication, one crucial element will be largely ignored in the discussion:...

    Tags: Fatah, Palestinian Unity Pact (2011), Parliament, National Government, Palestinian National Authority

    3. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Obama, Mexico leader to avoid hot topics, at least publicly

    WASHINGTON — President Obama will seek to cement relations with Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, over the next two days with vows of neighborly kinship and future cooperation. But the true test of their ability to work together may be whether they can hold their tongues.
    WASHINGTON — President Obama will seek to cement relations with Mexico's new president, Enrique Peņa Nieto, over the next two days with vows of neighborly kinship and future cooperation. But the true test of their ability to work together may be...

    Tags: Migration, Washington, DC, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, National Government, National Security

    4. Apr 28, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. McManus: Obama's war on red tape

    Here are three things the Obama administration has done that you probably didn't know about:
    Here are three things the Obama administration has done that you probably didn't know about: Ever struggle with those accordion-style rubber sleeves on nozzles at the gas station? The sleeve — technically a "vapor recovery nozzle" — was...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Litigation and Regulation, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regulatory Policy and Organizations

    5. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. California may go forward without a financial reserve

    SACRAMENTO — Arnold Schwarzenegger persuaded voters nine years ago that if they let him borrow money to cover the budget deficit, California's financial woes would end for good. A key part of his plan was a new rainy-day fund to insulate the state from further crisis.
    SACRAMENTO — Arnold Schwarzenegger persuaded voters nine years ago that if they let him borrow money to cover the budget deficit, California's financial woes would end for good. A key part of his plan was a new rainy-day fund to insulate the state...

    Tags: Voting, Politics, Finance, Elections, Economy, Business and Finance

    6. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  6. Thirty years later, nation remains at educational risk

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game. "A Nation at Risk," the report issued 30 years ago by...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Research, Russia, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities

    7. Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  7. McManus: A tax everyone can love

    The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both individuals and corporations and at the same time "close loopholes."
    The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both...

    Tags: Mitt Romney, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Jay Carney

    8. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. Metro Hartford's Job Sprawl Continues

    A new report by a prominent Washington think tank shows Hartford's downtown lost more than 25,000 jobs between 2000 and 2010. Suburban jobs also slipped during the decade, just not as fast. The authors of the Brookings Institution report have an anti-...

    Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut)

    9. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Getting Kim Jong Un's attention

    Nothing about the international response to North Korea's third nuclear test in February or subsequent provocations has been unreasonable. The crisis is entirely of Pyongyang's making. But it is possible that the hard-line approach taken by Washington,...

    Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), North Korea, Kim Jong Un, Nuclear Weapons, China

    10. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. Census: Record 1 in 3 U.S. counties are now dying

    WASHINGTON (AP) - A record number of U.S. counties - more than 1 in 3 - are now dying off, hit by an aging population and weakened local economies that are spurring young adults to seek jobs and build families elsewhere. New 2012 census estimates...

    Tags: Migration, Washington, DC, Rick Snyder, Petroleum Industry, Demographics

    11. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Cap on H-1B visas for tech workers is reached in five days

    American companies are so eager to hire highly skilled foreign workers that a cap on new visas has been reached within a matter of days.
    American companies are so eager to hire highly skilled foreign workers that a cap on new visas has been reached within a matter of days. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that it has received more than 85,000 applications...

    Tags: Personal Data Collection, Microsoft Corporation, Lifestyle and Leisure, Interior Policy, Software Industry

    12. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. U.S. presses Iran for counteroffer in nuclear talks

    WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran does not provide a “substantive and concrete” response during negotiations this week in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
    WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Iran's Nuclear Program, Barack Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Iran

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