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Social Security set to announce benefit increase
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 56 million Social Security recipients will soon find out how much their monthly payments will go up next year. The increase is tied to a government measure of inflation being released Tuesday morning. Preliminary...Tags: Social Security
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Social Security benefits to go up by 1.7 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments go up by 1.7 percent next year. The increase, which starts in January, is tied to a measure of inflation released Tuesday. It shows that inflation has...
Tags: Social Security, Government Health Care, Consumers, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace
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Ryan asked for federal help as he championed cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a fiscal conservative and critic of federal handouts, has sought for his constituents in Wisconsin an expansion of food stamps, stimulus money, federally guaranteed business loans,...
Tags: Elections, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Mitt Romney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Barack Obama
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Officials reject conspiracies on unemployment rate
WASHINGTON (AP) — When conspiracists suggested Friday that the Obama administration had engineered a sharp drop in unemployment to aid President Barack Obama's re-election, the response was swift. Career government officials, economists and even...
Tags: Elections, Alan Krueger, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Employment Opportunities
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Holiday sales to rise 4.1 percent
Associated PressNEW YORK – Americans are expected to spend more during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, but they're not exactly ready to shop 'til they drop like they have been in the past two years. The National Retail Federation, the...Tags: Holidays, Credit and Debt, Hobbies, Kmart, National Institutes of Health
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Analysis: Presidential debate to set tone for race
WASHINGTON (AP) — As millions of Americans watch, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney will be chasing opposite goals in their first debate. The key for Obama is to sit on his narrow lead without mishap, while Romney's challenge is to...
Tags: Bain Capital, LLC, Elections, Walter Mondale, Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney
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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...
Tags: Brookings Institution, Barack Obama
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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: Political Fundraising, Elections, Harry Reid, Jeff Flake, Voting
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Bernanke makes strong defense of Fed rate policies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a wide-ranging defense Monday of the Federal Reserve's bold policies to stimulate the still-weak economy. The Fed needs to drive down borrowing rates because the economy isn't growing fast enough to...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Employment Opportunities, Barack Obama, Employment, Unemployment
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Conservatives pour new money into Indiana Senate race
WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative super PAC affiliated with Republican strategist Karl Rove has jumped back into the Indiana Senate race with a nearly $1 million ad buy highlighting Democratic nominee Joe Donnelly's support for President Barack...
Tags: Elections, Sherrod Brown, Government Health Care, Mitt Romney, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Romney gives Dem support for tax deductions claim
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney has given Democrats plenty of support for their claim he manipulated his deductions to keep his overall 2011 federal income tax rate above a certain threshold for political purposes. The Republican presidential...
Tags: Elections, Bain Capital, LLC, Harry Reid, Mitt Romney, U.S. Senate
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Obama Medicare plan: No voucher but maybe a higher bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — He'll never turn Medicare into a voucher, but if you are lucky enough to be financially comfortable in retirement, odds are you'll pay higher premiums under President Barack Obama's plan. It's not just the 1 percent who'll feel the...
Tags: Elections, Prescription Drugs, Government Health Care, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
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