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Bloomberg
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats are at odds over an election-year proposal to ban so-called earmarks providing federal money to defense contractors, energy firms and other private companies. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey said today that the...
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Reuters
By Jeremy PelofskyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.Colleen...
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CNN
Simmering tension between the White House and U.S. Supreme Court spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at the State of the Union address "very troubling."With six members of the court...
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U.S. lays out set of common school standards
MSNBC
The nation's governors and state school chiefs will propose standards Wednesday for what students should learn in English and math, from kindergarten through high school, a crucial step in President Obama's campaign to raise academic standards across the...
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Texas education board's social studies vote may have wide impact
USA Today
Texas' state education board, rocked by primary elections that may push the influential panel's far-right leanings toward the center, is set to take its first vote on a new social studies curriculum that could reverberate in classrooms nationwide....
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California revenue jumps, tax refunds should be paid on time
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's revenue in February was $480 million or 8.7 percent above the estimate in Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's state budget plan, so tax refunds should be paid on time, State Controller John Chiang said on...
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