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The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), Rob Christensen column
The News & ObserverHere is government logic at work. If there are any two communities in North Carolina that don't need extra help, they are Cary and Charlotte -- two of the fastest growing and most prosperous places in the state. So state and local governments are...Tags: Beverly Perdue, Politics, Chemical Industry, Charlotte, MetLife Incorporated
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Before failed gun-buying sting, ATF mishandled another Milwaukee case
Milwaukee Journal SentinelMore than a year before federal agents botched a gun-buying sting in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood, they rented a warehouse amid the taquerias and taverns that line S. 13th St. Instead of going after gun and drug arrests, ATF agents used the...Tags: Weaponry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Photography Supplies and Services, Services and Shopping, Photography and Video
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NH tobacco cash proves a windfall
The New Hampshire Union Leader, ManchesterThe state received a little manna from heaven Wednesday -- about $15 million -- and is expecting a little more in the next few days, money the governor wants to use to reduce the fiscal 2013 budget deficit. The cash is the result of a recent...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Public Finance, Government, Health Insurance
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In NC budget, where did the $1 billion go?
The News & ObserverDuring the past four years, as Democrats and Republicans battled over sales and income taxes, higher tuition at state universities and the loss of 4,350 teachers in public schools, a substantial amount of money slipped through the fingers of state...Tags: Human Interest, Duke University, Retirement, University of Illinois at Chicago, Politics
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Japanese tobacco company announces $7.5 million upgrade, expansion to Danville facility
An international tobacco company is investing $7.5 million to upgrade and expansion its Danville processing facility. Governor McDonnell made the announcement Tuesday in Tokyo. JTI Leaf Services’ Danville facility employs 270 full-time and...
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Consumer safety
If the government knows certain products cause severe health problems on consumers, the manufacturers should be required to have warning labels advising consumers about the risk. For example tobacco is known to cause cancer and heart related problems,...Tags: Consumers, Politics, Human Rights
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DEC experts feed knowledge to inquisitive youngsters on Earth Day
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.Eight-year-old George J. Neddo found plenty of exhibits to pique his curiosity Saturday at the Dulles State Office Building, where the state Department of Environmental Conservation put on an exhibit for Earth Day that attracted about 500 people. DEC...Tags: Earth Day, Science and Technology, Biology, Wildlife, Environmental Issues
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Throat cancer survivor speaks to Martinsburg High students
matthewu@herald-mail.comAfter throat cancer took his voice box, it took David Briles three years to learn how to speak a complete sentence by burping continuously. The 59-year-old Charleston, W.Va., native never regained much of his ability to laugh again, but was determined...Tags: Throat Cancer, Human Interest, Relay for Life, Politics, Human Rights
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UIC to go tobacco-free this summer
RedEyeStudents, faculty and other employees of the University of Illinois at Chicago will have to kiss their tobacco products--and their electronic cigarettes--goodbye this summer thanks to a new tobacco-free campus policy that will go into effect July 1....Tags: Health and Safety at Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Rush University
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E-cigarette users out of luck in Ohio's casinos
The Columbus DispatchWhenever she plays the slot machines in a casino, Kathleen Weber gets the urge to light up a cigarette. "Every casino I've ever been to, you could smoke," the Galloway resident said. "It's a habit, to go to the casino and smoke. It's a social thing."...Tags: Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Nationwide Arena, Dining and Drinking
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Critics revive past promises to knock Obama budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. Obama's budget proposal includes a...
Tags: Philip Morris USA, Consumers, Retirement, Politics, Barack Obama
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Pasco may snuff out smoking in county buildings
The Tampa TribuneAll county-owned buildings could be tobacco-free if Pasco commissioners adopt a new wellness program aimed at lowering the county's health care costs. "I don't have a problem with it," smoker Angela Boggs said outside the Robert Sumner Judicial Center...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Tobacco Addiction, Health Insurance Cost, North Miami
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