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2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Science and Technology, Brooklyn (New York City), Afghanistan, Energy
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Consumer bureau to probe more college financial products
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has decided to look into whether students are actually getting good deals on financial products marketed to them through colleges and universities. A 2009 law restricted credit card issuers from using certain...
Tags: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, Consumers
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Nearly half of Americans are one emergency from financial ruin
Nearly 44% of American households are one emergency away from financial ruin. That means they don't have enough savings to cover basic living expenses for three months if something unforeseen happens such as losing a job or falling sick, according to...
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Student-loan delinquency rate hits danger zone, report says
Students borrowing money for college today are much likelier to default than people who took out loans just a few years ago, according to a new report. The student-loan delinquency rate in the last three years has risen to 15.1%, up from 12.4% from 2005...
Tags: Loans, Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, Consumers
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Third medical pot measure heading for L.A. ballot
L.A. NOWDespite strong opposition from several Los Angeles City Council members, a third medical marijuana ordinance is heading for the May ballot.... -
Proponents of L.A. medical marijuana ballot measure shift support
L.A. NOWA coalition of medical marijuana activists that fought to put an ordinance regulating pot shops on the May ballot are abandoning their own initiative in favor of a city-backed ballot measure that seeks similar regulations. Representatives for Americans... -
Use care in renegotiating old debts
Dear Liz: I paid all of my old collection accounts except for two, which now are beyond the statute of limitations. I would like to find the best way to negotiate with the collection agencies without getting sued. Even though the original delinquency...
Tags: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Credit Ratings, Insurance, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Facing charges, ex-Compton Mayor Omar Bradley seeks reelection
L.A. NOWFormer Compton Mayor Omar Bradley, whose conviction on corruption charges was reversed by an appeals court in August, has filed to run for the mayor's seat again.... -
Debt limit? We don't need no stinkin' debt limit!
Would the country be better off without a debt limit? Maybe. Probably. Honestly, I don’t know. But I’m certain I would be. If I didn’t have a debt limit, I’d have a house in Malibu, and a Ferrari, and a Gulfstream, and...
Tags: Don Lee, Jerrold Nadler, Money and Monetary Policy, University of Chicago, U.S. Congress
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Third medical pot measure moves toward L.A. ballot
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles City Council moved forward with its own medical marijuana ballot measure Wednesday, increasing the chances voters could face three pot initiatives on the May ballot. On an 11-1 vote, the council instructed city lawyers to draw up...... -
Compton rapper Guerilla Black held in credit card fraud probe
L.A. NOWCompton rapper "Guerrilla Black" was arrested in connection with a major credit card fraud investigation that involved banks in the United States and abroad, police said Wednesday.... -
2012 L.A. film shoots for TV dramas plummet while movies rebound
Filming on the streets of Los Angeles rose 4.7% in 2012 from a year earlier, thanks to a flurry of shoots for sitcoms and commercials and a modest increase in feature film activity. But the year also saw a historic falloff in local production in the...
Tags: CSI (tv program), Gangster Squad (movie), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment, Star Trek into Darkness (movie)
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