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Yen climbs after minister's comments; BOJ and Bernanke in focus
ReutersTOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The yen bounced off a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economy minister suggested the government might be satisfied with its current level, following a sharp decline over the past six months. The dollar...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, G20, Shinzo Abe, New Products, National Government
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Scale of government's AP records seizure surprises many
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland. He was not accused of aiding...
Tags: Lewis Libby, Central Intelligence Agency, Justice System, News Media, Freedom of the Press
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Restraint is the new red in China
BEIJING — Exports of elegant Swiss watches to China have plunged. Sales of Mercedes-Benz and other premium sedans are slowing. And high-end restaurants, coming off their worst Chinese New Year festival in years, are starting to change their menus to...
Tags: Business, Hu Jintao, Trips and Vacations, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants
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Gov. Scott will veto 3 percent college tuition hike
The Miami HeraldGov. Rick Scott on Monday will veto a 3 percent increase in Florida college tuition and approve $65 million in extra Medicaid funding to hospitals that provide much of the care to the poor, including Tampa General and Jackson Memorial in Miami. As Scott...Tags: Rick Scott, Politics, Tampa, Executive Branch
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Venezuela says taking steps to restore U.S. diplomatic ties
ReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's recent designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States shows the OPEC nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said in an interview broadcast on Sunday....Tags: Caracas (Venezuela), Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez, Politics, Elections
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This Week in Government
WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Hager Hall Conference and Event Center 901 Dual Hwy., Hagerstown Tuesday, May 21, 7:30 a.m. Agenda • 7:30 a.m.: Employee years of service award breakfast at Hager Hall Conference and Event Center, 901 Dual Hwy.,...Tags: Business, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Culture, Local Government, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains, officials warned on Sunday....Tags: Transportation Industry, Dannel P. Malloy , Disasters and Accidents, Stamford, Politics
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GOP ticket stumps in Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH — A day after a late-running, closely-watched convention, the top three members of the state GOP ticket campaigned together for the first time. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the gubernatorial nominee, nominee for lieutenant ...
Tags: Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Syria launches major assault on strategic rebel stronghold
BEIRUT — Syrian forces launched a large-scale assault Sunday on the city of Qusair, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border, in the government's latest effort to push back opposition fighters from strategic areas of the country. The opposition...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Skype, Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Budget cuts hit Central Florida convention business
WASHINGTON — As conferences go, this one was supposed to be pretty standard: a 7,000-person affair at the Orange County Convention Center that — although not among Orlando's biggest shows — still would have brought a $13 million economic...
Tags: Alan Grayson, Trips and Vacations, Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, Orange County Convention Center
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'Maldonado for governor' off to a bad start
SACRAMENTO — It seemed like a fairly good idea at the time — the idea of Abel Maldonado running for governor. He wasn't going to win. But neither would he be a Republican embarrassment. There was no Republican in sight with even a faint...
Tags: Prisons, Abel Maldonado, Racism, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Newtown parents join Quinn to call for ban on high-capacity ammo magazines
Tribune reporterThe grieving mother of a 6-year-old killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School joined Illinois Democrats on Sunday in calling for a statewide ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Nicole Hockley choked up when discussing the December...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, John J Cullerton, Pat Quinn, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America
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