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- Anti-tax groups counter Brown’s tax hike measure
- Judy Lin/Associated Press
- Just a day after Gov. Jerry Brown released his tax initiative proposal, anti-tax advocates announced Tuesday they have filed their own counter measure seeking to restrain government spending.
The California Taxpayers Association, Howard Jarvis Taxpa... Full story
- Brown administration to submit tax hike initiative
- Associated Press
- Facing another budget deficit and the prospect of deep cuts to education, Gov. Jerry Brown plans to file a ballot initiative as early as Friday that asks voters to increase taxes on the wealthy and raise the sales tax by half a cent.The initiative wo... Full story
- Tea party shaping GOP race
- Steve Peoples and Michael R. Blood/Associated Press
- BERLIN, N.H. — The tea party is forcefully shaping the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination as candidates parrot the movement's language and promote its agenda while jostling to win its favor.
That's much to the delight of Democrats w... Full story
- Rebels control most of Libyan capital
- By Karin Laub and Ben Hubbard
- TRIPOLI, Libya — Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the symbolic heart of Moammar Gadhafi's regime. Gadhafi's defenders quickly melted away as his 42-ye... Full story
- Colusa supervisor announces run for Congress
- By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
- Colusa County Supervisor Kim Dolbow Vann is stepping up to run for Congress next year against the new Democratic incumbent for the Mid-Valley.
Vann, 36, and a supervisor since 2006, filed paperwork this week to run as a Republican next year in the n... Full story
- GOP contest narrows, but no clear favorite
- WATERLOO, Iowa — It's a new race for Republicans as they head toward fall seeking a 2012 presidential nominee to challenge President Barack Obama.
They have a new top tier of choices: Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. And in an unu... Full story
- Appeals court strikes down health insurance requirement
- ATLANTA — A federal appeals panel struck down the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul Friday, moving the argument over whether Americans can be required to buy health insurance a step closer to the U.S. Sup... Full story
- Wild ride continues on Wall Street: Dow soars back up
- NEW YORK — Lurching higher in its week of whiplash, Wall Street recorded one of its biggest gains of all time Thursday after investors seized on a few signs that the economy might just be able to avoid a new recession.
The Dow Jones indust... Full story
- Dow plummets 519 points
- NEW YORK — Back to reality and back down, Wall Street focused Wednesday on the bleak landscape ahead for the economy and wiped out its big gains from a day earlier — and then some.
The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 519 points ... Full story
- Wild stock exchanges provide bull market for comedians
- By John Timpane
- PHILADELPHIA — The markets are wacky, and it's a laughing matter. Throughout the media, from cable TV to Twitter, professional laugh-mongers — the comedians whose job it is to get laughs out of almost anything — are at it big time.
... Full story
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