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Republicans dismiss Obama budget
Republicans on the Hill are scoffing at President Obama’s budget, saying it’s riddled with gimmicks and “fiscal fairy dust” that hide tax increases and inflate the amount of deficit reduction.
The White House claims the plan...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Paul Ryan
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Obama budget is preview of election battle
President Obama's 2013 budget, scheduled for release Monday, offers a preview of the November election as both parties angle to refine the vision they hope to sell to voters.
Obama's plan and the House Republicans' answer, due in the spring, are aimed as...Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Medicaid, This Week (tv program), Paul Ryan
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For L.A. Dependency Court, a first: the press
I have been attending trials in Los Angeles for 20 years. I've covered torture and murder, drug smuggling and bank robberies. I covered the trial of the officers who beat Rodney G. King and the rioters who beat Reginald O. Denny. I covered the murder...Tags: Lawyers, Chemicals, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Justice System
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Woman in Moscow sets herself ablaze
World NowA woman set herself on fire Sunday in front of the Moscow White House, the formal seat of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Russian government.... -
Key Republican promises fight over birth control coverage
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vowed Sunday to fight the administration's requirement that insurers provide contraceptive coverage for faith-based employers.
McConnell said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he would press legislation to...Tags: Barack Obama, Birth Control, U.S. Senate, This Week (tv program), Insurance
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Outside Russian White House in Moscow, woman sets herself ablaze
A woman set herself on fire Sunday in front of the Moscow White House, the formal seat of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Russian government. The woman, identified as Vera Smolina, a 56-year-old Nizhny Tagil resident, doused herself with gasoline...Tags: Suicide, Vladimir Putin, Social Media, Moscow (Russia), News Agency
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White House's Jack Lew defends revised birth-control rule
White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew said Sunday that President Obama had found the “right balance” in mandating birth control coverage while protecting religious liberty, and he said the administration would now press ahead to adopt a final...Tags: Insurance, Health Treatments, Barack Obama, Health, Politics
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Santorum says he backs working women, hints CPAC poll was rigged
Rick Santorum, who is enjoying a surge in fundraising and attention after winning three states last week in the battle for the GOP presidential nomination, pushed back Sunday against the idea that his socially conservative views will alienate working...Tags: Human Accomplishments, Republican Party, Amtrak, Labor Legislation, Democratic Party
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Parts of Obama's mortgage refinancing package will be reality
Though it was pronounced dead before arrival by opponents on Capitol Hill, President Obama's new mortgage refinancing package contained far more than legislative proposals. In fact, significant portions of it that have received little media coverage...Tags: Mortgages, Barack Obama, Politics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Freddie Mac
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PASSINGS: Peter Breck, Philip Bruns, Jim Lloyd, Harry Keough, Antoni Tapies, Florence Green, Morgan Jones, Bill Hinzman
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPeter Breck Actor on 'The Big Valley' Peter Breck, 82, an actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s TV western "The Big Valley," died Monday in Vancouver after a long illness, his wife, Diane, announced on the website The Big...Tags: Peter Breck, Yale University, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Celebrities
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Mitt Romney wins Maine caucuses straw poll
In a reprieve after his embarrassing losses last week in three states, Mitt Romney eked out a win Saturday in the symbolic straw poll tied to Maine's multiday caucuses, narrowly defeating Ron Paul, the only other candidate to actively campaign there.
The...Tags: Polls, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Politics
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Conservatives bankrolling Santorum
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's brand of conservative Catholicism is not only helping rally a key part of the Republican base, but has proved an asset in drawing deep-pocketed Christian donors to an independent campaign supporting his...Tags: Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Economy, Business and Finance, Birth Control, Newt Gingrich
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