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If not firearms, how about fireworks control?
Let us beat the gun-rights crowd to the punch and agree with them right here and now that firearms aren't the only dangerous devices out there in dire need of greater regulation. It seems that certain types of fireworks may need to be added to that list,...Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Times Square, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Chemical Industry
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Stock spotlight: Mattel toys with ways to sell more products
Barbie is vacating her pink Malibu mansion and hunting for international digs. Thomas the Tank Engine is being revamped as an even livelier locomotive. Max Steel, the new kid on the block, is marketed as a "modern day tech superhero." The toy brands,...Tags: Toys, Mattel Inc., Computer Hardware, Fiscal Cliff, Prices
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The myths that undermine Medicare and Social Security
The talk in Washington and among opinion leaders around the country's budget issues today centers on "balance" and "responsibility." Many conservatives declare that these terms mean that there should be no new revenue, only spending cuts to programs...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Economy, Business and Finance, Health Insurance Cost
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California adds jobs; unemployment falls to 9.4%
California's economic recovery continued to outpace the nation's in March as its unemployment rate fell to 9.4%, the lowest in more than four years for the Golden State. The state increased its payrolls by 25,500 jobs and pushed down the jobless rate...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Career and Workplace, Labor Markets, Unemployment Benefits, Robert Half International Incorporated
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Gov. Rick Scott likes express lanes with tolls, but not senior arcades or gay marriage
Just a week after signing into law a ban on storefront senior arcades, sparking anger from patrons in South Florida, Gov. Rick Scott played up the Legislature's role while downplaying his own. Despite his signature, Scott distanced himself from the...
Tags: Regional Authority, Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Rick Scott, Marriage
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates ease again; 30-year fixed at 3.41%
Mortgage rates sank this week toward record lows, with lenders offering 30-year fixed home loans to solid borrowers at an average 3.41%, down from 3.43% a week ago, Freddie Mac’s weekly report showed. It was the lowest rate the survey has recorded...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Petroleum Industry, Loans, Economy, Business and Finance, Mortgages
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Governor McDonnell asks schools to limit tuition hikes
Gov. Bob McDonnell is asking Virginia's public universities and colleges to limit in-state tuition and fee increases for the fall semester. McDonnell's office on Thursday released an April 4 letter that he sent to school presidents and boards making...
Tags: Bob McDonnell, Politics, Executive Branch, Government
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Many questions for Gov. Rick Scott, some answers
Sun SentinelGov. Rick Scott ran through a wide range of topics during an hour with the Sun Sentinel editorial board on Tuesday. The central point: Everything’s going well in Florida, from Scott’s vantage. “The state’s headed in the right...Tags: Net Neutrality, Regional Authority, Colleges and Universities, Florida Atlantic University, Personal Weapon Control
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Car dealer seeking $4.5 million under Highland Park rebate program
A Highland Park car dealership wants to use a city incentive program to get a $4.5 million sales tax rebate over the next 10 years. Semersky Enterprises, Inc., which operates The Exchange Audi, Porsche and Saab dealership at 2490 Skokie Valley Road,...Tags: Porsche, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Investments, Saab
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Consumer prices drop on cheaper gas, electricity and apparel
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices slid in March after spiking in the prior month as gasoline prices fell back — the latest indication that inflation remains subdued despite the Federal Reserve's continued action to pump billions of dollars...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Inflation and Deflation, Economy, Business and Finance, Prices, Consumers
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Researchers: Michigan tourism spending rose in 2012
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Business grew for Michigan's tourism industry for a third consecutive year in 2012, with help from the weather, good publicity and the "Pure Michigan" advertising campaign aimed at luring visitors from other states,...
Tags: Elections, Travel, Rick Snyder, Good Morning America (tv program), Advertising
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Getting an MBA: Your business. Your decision.
Chicago TribuneAdmissions consultant Andrea Sparrey uses two numbers to startle prospective business school applicants. She tells them the average price of a home in the United States in 2010 was $273,000. And then she tells them the average price of an MBA from a...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Northern Illinois University, University of Chicago, Economy, Business and Finance
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