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Opinion: Inflation and Taxes

By doris | Published: January 21, 2012

Everything is going up because of mim. wage and a few other things.  When you do your taxes for a single person that makes about $13,000.00 and under can take a child credit. Prices has went up at least three times when mim. wage raised. Why can,t they raise the thirteen thousand to at least [...]

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Snow, sleet target Midwest and Northeast

By doris | Published: January 20, 2012

Full Story at usNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET: Snow was falling heavily by midafternoon in Chicago as a winter storm spread east, NBCChicago.com reported. Though no significant delays were reported, airlines at O’Hare Airport canceled more than 300 flights, NBCChicago.com said. At Midway Airport, Southwest Airlines canceled all 70 of its flights scheduled between [...]

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Paula Deen pledges money to diabetes association

By doris | Published: January 19, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — Celebrity chef Paula Deen on Wednesday pledged a portion of her earnings from a lucrative endorsement deal with a diabetes drugmaker to the nonprofit American Diabetes Association. The queen of Southern cooking and author of numerous cookbooks disclosed Tuesday that she’s had Type 2 diabetes for three years [...]

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Obama administration rejects Keystone pipeline permit

By doris | Published: January 18, 2012

Full Story at FoxNews.com President Obama announced Wednesday that he will deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, blaming Republicans for imposing a “rushed and arbitrary deadline” which he said did not give officials enough time. GOP lawmakers immediately excoriated the president for the decision. House Speaker John Boehner said Obama is “selling out [...]

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Americans honor MLK with service — and more protests

By doris | Published: January 17, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com Americans honored Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a traditional day of service as well as a new wave of economic injustice protests by Occupy Wall Street. On the first King holiday since the now-global Occupy movement launched in New York City in September, the reignited debate over inequality drew [...]

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Troops appear on streets as Nigeria president acts to cut fuel prices

By doris | Published: January 16, 2012

Full Story at WorldNews.msnbc.msn.com LAGOS, Nigeria — Soldiers have barricaded key roads in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos as the president offered a concession to halt fuel price protests that he said were being stoked by provocateurs seeking anarchy. Troops and police also blocked entrances to protest venues in Nigeria’s second-largest city of Kano on [...]

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Why oil prices will stay high

By doris | Published: January 15, 2012

Full Story at globalpublicsquare.blogsCNN.com The next time you pay $3.50 dollars for a gallon of gas, stop and think about a basic rule of economics. When demand is low and supply is strong, prices should fall. Right? Now apply that to oil. People drive less in the winter. The American economy is slow. The Euro [...]

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Gutsy wrangler, huge horse save boy from charging grizzly

By doris | Published: January 14, 2012

Full Story at spodesman.com Grizzlies are high profile this year. A lingering winter and late berry crop kept bears in proximity to humans longer than normal, perhaps contributing to a stream of headlines about grizzlies killing people and people killing grizzlies. Meanwhile, a young lady on a big horse charged out of the pack of [...]

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Coca-Cola says it told gov’t about fungicide in OJ

By doris | Published: January 13, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Coca-Cola Co. acknowledged Thursday it was the company that alerted federal regulators about low levels of fungicide in its own orange juice and in competitors’ juice, prompting juice prices to rise and increased government testing for the residue. The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency [...]

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Mom forces teen to wear sign: ‘I lie, I steal, I sell drugs, I don’t follow the law’

By doris | Published: January 12, 2012

Full Story at thegrio.com FORT WAYNE, INDIANA – A frustrated mom has given her wayward teenage son the ultimate punishment: public humiliation. The 14-year-old was forced to stand on a busy street for two hours with a massive sign hanging around his neck, which read, “I lie, I steal, I sell drugs, I don’t follow [...]

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It’s National Pizza Week! How to find the perfect slice

By doris | Published: January 11, 2012

Full Story at Bites.today.msnbc.msn.com Colin Hagendorf is a venerable slice expert. The Brooklyn native recently completed his quest to eat at every pizza slice joint in Manhattan, chronicling his 370-plus slice binge on his blog Slice Harvester. In honor of National Pizza Week, Hagendorf, 28, offers his tips for finding pizza nirvana. “All of your [...]

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Americans hit the brakes on health care spending

By doris | Published: January 10, 2012

Full Story at America hits the brakes on health care spending – Health – Health care – msnbc.com WASHINGTON — U.S. healthcare spending barely rose in 2010 from record-low recession levels, as high unemployment and the loss of private health insurance forced many Americans to delay or forego medical treatment, government officials said on Monday. [...]

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Alaska teen nearly recovered from spinal injury

By doris | Published: January 9, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com KODIAK, Alaska — As the holiday season comes to a close, Aaron Cooper has many things to be thankful for, most importantly his life. Four years ago in Fairbanks, Alaska, Cooper, a 2007 Kodiak High School graduate, was involved in a life-threatening snowmachine accident. The veteran rider was practicing freestyle tricks [...]

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Memory loss from aging can start as early as 45: Study

By doris | Published: January 8, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (CBS) Memory loss might start a lot sooner than originally thought, a new study suggests. The study found signs of age-related cognitive decline in men and women who were only 45 years old. PICTURES: Alzheimer’s disease: 7 things that raise your risk For the study, researchers tracked nearly 5,200 men and [...]

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Tanker en route to cut-off Alaska city hits ice

By doris | Published: January 7, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.mwn.com ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Russian tanker carrying fuel for an iced-in Alaska city that without a delivery could run out of crucial supplies before winter’s end encountered ice early Friday in the eastern Bering Sea. The ice was not a surprise. The 370-foot tanker Renda will have to go through more [...]

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Celebrating Elvis: The King’s legacy lives on in 2012

By doris | Published: January 6, 2012

Full Story at Itineraries.msnbc.msn.com For Elvis Presley fans, 2012 promises to be a good year. There are exhibits, tours, special events, concerts, promotions and celebratory cruises in the works to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the King’s death, who would have celebrated his birthday on Jan. 8. And a new museum housing a large private [...]

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Cheese recalled due to possible contamination

By doris | Published: January 5, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com WESTBY, Wis. — Bekkum Family Farms LLC of Westby, Wis., is recalling shredded cheese due to a possible bacterial contamination. The state agriculture department said Wednesday the cheese is labeled “Grumpy Goat Shreds” under the Nordic Creamery brand name.

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Powerball prices double; jackpot and odds of winning it increase

By doris | Published: January 4, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com When the price of Powerball lottery tickets increases from $1 to $2 on Jan. 15, Chris Taranto says, he will still buy them. So will a lot of other lottery players, he told phillyburbs.com. And their chances of winning will improve. “People like to dream in this country,” the Delran, N.J., [...]

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NY teen killed by bus had suicide note, police say; family alleges bullying

By doris | Published: January 3, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com A 15-year-old who a witness says jumped in front of a Staten Island bus was carrying a suicide note when she was struck, distraught because she was the target of bullying at her school, according to a relative. Amanda Diane Cummings, a sophomore at Staten Island’s New Dorp High School, was [...]

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Authorities Find Body Believed to Be Mt. Rainier Shooting Suspect

By doris | Published: January 2, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com The man suspected of killing a ranger at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State is believed to have been found dead, according to police. Authorities located a body face-down in the snow without any identification, but believe it to be Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, the sole suspect in Sunday’s shooting, [...]

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