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  • Tech: Gadget News and Reviews
    Mar 30, 2012 — Washington Post
    Thanks. pegoraror: Yes, and have done so for several years now. If I purchase this, will my current MS Office 2003 run on it? pegoraror: Yes. Thanks. pegoraror: You should have no trouble meeting that price limit.
  • Aftershocks a reality check for Chilean President SebastiÃ?¡n PiÃ?±era
    Mar 12, 2010 — Washington Post
    The billionaire businessman had vowed to generate 6 percent economic growth a year and hundreds of thousands of jobs. The timber industry has been hobbled by the loss of ports and factories, he said.
  • Christie's to auction off Michael Crichton's art collection
    Mar 12, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    The money will go to Crichton's widow, children and other heirs and to pay estate taxes. In 2006, Crichton joined the board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and even lent the museum artwork for the inaugural 2008 display in the Broad Contemporary Art Museum. A LACMA spokeswoman said the museum will not be participating in the auction for Crichton's collection.
  • Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
    Mar 12, 2010 — USA Today
    Abortion opponents say the provision falls short in restricting taxpayer dollars for abortion coverage. White House officials and congressional Democratic leaders met Wednesday evening in Pelosi's office. The House bill would have prohibited health plans receiving subsidies from covering abortions.
  • Dodd to offer his own financial reform bill, saying bipartisan talks have failed
    Mar 12, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) in hopes of crafting a bill to enact the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression. But Dodd and Corker were dealing with some of the most controversial parts of the legislation, particularly the new consumer agency. Dodd's attempts to find common ground with Corker on the agency, which many Republicans and the financial industry strongly oppose, has led to a backlash from some fellow Democrats.
  • Filmmaker's environs are fraught with change
    Mar 12, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    The Milwaukee Film winter festival shows how many strong films never reached Milwaukee theatrically. But B-roll and cutaways have been there since the beginning of filmmaking. From the time we shot it to its premiere (in September at the Toronto International Film Festival) was six months.
  • Groundbreaking for Nets' Atlantic Yards Arena
    Mar 12, 2010 — New York Times
    A fake Marty Markowitz earlier read a fake proclamation declaring March 11, 2010, the Destruction of Brooklyn’s Soul Day. Ratner and others whom they see as complicit in advancing Atlantic Yards. At one point, protesters wandered into traffic on Atlantic Avenue.
  • L.A. City Hall fears ripple effect of layoffs
    Mar 12, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    Almost 14,000 others are police and firefighters -- departments that city leaders are reluctant to touch.
  • Movie theaters are turning up the luxury with food, bars, seats
    Mar 12, 2010 — USA Today
    Maria PuenteWhen Americans go to the movies, we know what to expect: Multiplex. They have online reserved seating, the latest in digital projection, digital sound and super-wide screens, even valet parking.Meanwhile, in more and more theaters, customers aren't just watching movies. Also, it provides a revenue flow to (AMC) because the students use the theater food court as a student center.
  • Parliamentarian's ruling deals blow to healthcare reform chances
    Mar 12, 2010 — The Hill
    Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), assistant to the Speaker.Rep.
  • Road bill would quickly create construction jobs
    Mar 12, 2010 — Las Vegas Review-Journal
    State legislators were told during the special session that the county is near the $1.7 billion. The Senate bill would lift the expiration criteria. The approval of the Senate bill would enable the transportation commission to put additional projects out to bid. "This is not a new tax.
  • Trade deficit unexpectedly narrows in January
    Mar 12, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    But the difficulty of meeting that goal was apparent even from Thursday's report from the Commerce Department. Despite the improvement in January, the U.S. trade deficit has generally been on the upswing since falling to a recession low of $25.8 billion last May. In December, the shortfall rose to a revised $39.9 billion, and it dropped in January to $37.3 billion.
  • 'Avatar' director James Cameron: 3D promising, but caution needed
    Mar 11, 2010 — USA Today
    Q: Does 3D and the success of Avatar change the way movies are financed? Q: Should the existing film catalog be converted to 3D? Q: When is Avatar coming out in 3D on Blu-ray?
  • Accountant pleads guilty to $2.6 million fraud
    Mar 11, 2010 — The Miami Herald
    Freeman, 60, faces between 10 and 15 years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines for his offense. When he did not have the cash flow to make those payments, he improperly took funds from fiduciary accounts to repay that client. "Lew accepted responsibility for those actions today.
  • Affordable, green housing will be partnership focus
    Mar 11, 2010 — The Charlotte Observer
    Making them more efficient, the groups say, can save energy, use fewer resources and create jobs. Efficient buildings are also cheaper places to live. Extra insulation and energy-efficient windows line the walls. Appliances and lighting earned the government's Energy Star label.
  • Ahead of new budget, Christie showcases Haddon Heights
    Mar 11, 2010 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
    ...to outline just how dire the state's financial situation was. Christie said he was back in Haddon Heights because the mayor, fellow Republican Scott Alexander, has helped to keep property taxes down while improving services, serving as an example to others of how to do more with less. Speaking to a small group of residents at the Haddon Heights Cabin, a town building available to residents to rent for social events, Alexander outlined the town's efforts to keep property taxes in...
  • Airline group cuts 2010 loss estimate in half
    Mar 11, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
    ...industry." "Where economic recovery is robust such as Latin America and particularly Asia, we are seeing profitable demand growth," he said. "Everywhere else will see reduced losses from 2009." IATA expects North American carriers to lose $1.8 billion and European airlines to lose $2.2 billion, pushing the industry as a whole into red ink.. "Jobless recoveries and continuing economic concerns will limit traffic growth and, the short-haul premium traffic is still...
  • Airline Group Halves Forecast for Losses in 2010
    Mar 11, 2010 — New York Times
    The International Air Transport Association had been predicting 2010 losses of $5.6 billion as recently as December, amid concerns that unsold seats and empty cargo holds would keep a lid on revenues. The new forecast was for a loss of $2.8 billion. Cargo traffic — which dropped by 11 percent in 2009 — was now expected to jump by 12 percent this year, up from a December forecast of 7 percent growth.
  • Albany Is Taking New Budget Proposal Seriously
    Mar 11, 2010 — New York Times
    ALBANY — State lawmakers reacted with cautious interest on Wednesday to a broad proposal from Lt. Ravitch said that without such gimmicks, the actual budget deficit for the coming year was more than $13 billion, representing all spending not supported by recurring revenues. Ravitch said that while his plan did not require additional borrowing, he did not believe it would be politically possible to close the existing $9 billion budget gap without doing so.
  • American Eagle shares rise 6.1 percent
    Mar 11, 2010 — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    An American Eagle store is scheduled to open next week in Dubai, followed closely by one in Kuwait. The company also is looking at opportunities in Hong Kong and China. If he had Martin + Osa to launch all over again, Mr. Martin + Osa had more than one president during its run, although results did start to improve last year.
  • Appointments
    Mar 11, 2010 — The Hill
    From 1997 through 2000, Moeller served as an energy policy adviser to U.S. Sen. Pijeaux is president and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, a multimedia facility housing exhibitions of historical events from post-World War I racial segregation to present-day racial progress. Harding served as CEO of Harding Security Associates (HSA), a company he founded in 2003 and sold in July 2009.
  • Assembly eyes cuts in state transportation aid to Baltimore
    Mar 11, 2010 — The Baltimore Sun
    Nathaniel J. McFadden, a Baltimore Democrat on the Budget and Taxation Committee. "It didn't come up in the past. Baltimore City is no different from any other jurisdiction." No decision has been made, and lawmakers tend to view the legislative analyses as suggestions. Susan L. M. Aumann, a Baltimore County Republican on the Appropriations Committee. "You are taking a siloed look at it.
  • Augusta State eyes public golf course for expansion
    Mar 11, 2010 — The Augusta Chronicle
    Across Damascus Road is University Village, Augusta State's student apartments.
  • Bald eagle spotted at Lakeside Golf Course
    Mar 11, 2010 — Lexington Herald-Leader
    There still was so much of it in the environment that when the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, the eagle topped the list of endangered species.
  • BRIEF
    Mar 11, 2010 — Chattanooga Times/Free Press
    Leguisamon-Pena pocketed nearly $1,500 in change from these transactions in addition to the purchased merchandise, according to a news release. Mr. Leguisamon-Pena remained in custody as of Wednesday, March 10.
  • Chicago Tribune Melissa Harris column
    Mar 11, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
    Saudi Arabia has 9 percent unemployment, and nearly two-thirds of its population is under age 25.
  • China's Inflation Accelerates in February
    Mar 11, 2010 — New York Times
    Consumer prices rose 2.7 percent in February over a year earlier, up from January's 1.5 percent increase, the National Bureau of Statistics reported Thursday. A spike in inflation over the past four months is forcing Beijing to divide its focus between boosting growth and preventing overheating. Premier Wen Jiabao said last week the government hopes to hold overall consumer price rises to 3 percent this year.
  • Chinese Consumer Prices Rose 2.7 Percent
    Mar 11, 2010 — New York Times
    Other data on Thursday reflected China’s continued strong recovery from the global economic crisis. The 2.7 percent increase in February followed a 1.5 percent increase in January. A spokesman for the bureau, Sheng Laiyun, predicted prices would come down after the spring harvests.
  • Cleanup targets bacteria in 14 Duval creeks, rivers
    Mar 11, 2010 — The Florida Times-Union
    ...ranging from failed septic tanks to homeless people camped near the creeks. Solutions have ranged from getting septic tanks phased out to trying to get the homeless to move to shelters, said Vince Seibold, chief of the city's Air and Water Quality Division. The plan also targets Wills Branch, Williamson Creek and Fishing Creek on the Westside; Craig Creek on the Southside; Blockhouse Creek on the Northside; Deep Bottom Creek and Cormorant Branch in Mandarin; and Greenfield Creek...
  • Climate change conversation twisted in media of all sizes
    Mar 11, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    That vast oversimplification (Jones acknowledges that from 1995 to the present temperature increases fell just short of statistical significance) nonetheless became the basis for a misleading headline. That humdinger had been exposed in the 1990s as part of a coal industry strategy defending CO2-belching power plants.But it's not just ideologues who've twisted the story.
  • Compromise would shield payday lenders, pawnbrokers and car dealers from oversight
    Mar 11, 2010 — Washington Post
    Corker's proposal, which Dodd accepted several weeks ago, would empower the new consumer regulator to examine mortgage lenders other than banks.Aides to Sen. Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the banking committee, proposed extending examination authority solely to the largest mortgage lenders during talks with Dodd's staff earlier this year. Dodd and Corker hammered out their compromise after those talks broke down.
  • Council votes to study parking garages' worth, despite objections
    Mar 11, 2010 — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Finance Chair William Peduto did the same from a critical June 2009 Chicago Inspector General report. Peduto. Council preliminarily voted 8-1 to approve the study, with Councilman Ricky Burgess' negative vote. Harris insisted the independent data was needed, saying the proposed 50-year parking lease is one of the most important matters council will ever vote on.
  • Counties eye ballot measures to raise auto registration fee for transportation funding
    Mar 11, 2010 — Contra Costa Times
    ... In Santa Clara County, a committee of the Transportation Authority recommended Wednesday that the full authority consider a November ballot measure. A poll of 900 Marin County voters found 65 percent in support of a $10 per auto fee, according to the Marin County Transportation Authority, which is investigating a ballot measure. The Solano County Transportation Authority is looking at a November ballot measure because it would provide local "self help" funds to offset the...
  • County asks well owners to register
    Mar 11, 2010 — The Knoxville News-Sentinel
    ...well cover/cap to make sure it's in good condition and securely attached (to keep out rodents and insects). n Keep well records (construction report, maintenance, water testing results) in a safe place. n If the air in your home has measured high radon levels, consider having your well water tested for radon. Knox is a high-risk area for radon, a radioactive gas that forms underground, Nease said. "We'll be happy to answer any (well owners') questions," Nease said.
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