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Letters: The wrong time for deficit obsession
Re "Deficit extremists, blind to data, are doing active economic harm," Column, June 12 It is so refreshing to read Michael Hiltzik's explanation of how Congress' ill-timed obsession with deficit reduction actually retards economic growth. Other...Tags: Labor Markets, Politics
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Struggling Angels in it for the long haul
addCustomPlayer('1j59v4a9evljr1d1b5hvawowo7', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1j59v4a9evljr1d1b5hvawowo7', 'eplayer15'); The Angels look like a lost cause, with a 28-38 record, an 11 1/2-game American League West deficit and 9 1/2-game wild-card deficit entering...
Tags: Baseball, American League West, Politics, Albert Pujols, Sports
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IMF urges U.S. to repeal 'ill-designed' sequester cuts
WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund on Friday urged U.S. officials to scale back its automatic federal spending cuts, warning that they were "excessively rapid and ill-designed" and were hurting the nation's economic recovery "The sequester...
Tags: Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund, Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Congress
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IMF warns U.S. not to scale back stimulus too soon
WASHINGTON — Amid speculation that the Federal Reserve soon might start scaling back its stimulus efforts, the International Monetary Fund cautioned that a pullback before next year could hurt economies worldwide. Highlighting its concern Friday,...
Tags: Labor Markets, Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund, Politics, Productivity
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Standard & Poor's upgrades outlook for U.S. credit rating
WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor's, which downgraded the U.S. credit rating nearly two years ago, said Monday it was more optimistic about the nation's long-term fiscal situation and had removed the negative outlook from the rating. The automatic federal...
Tags: Minor League Baseball, Fiscal Cliff, Credit Ratings, Moody's Corporation, Politics
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Center Theatre Group headed for fifth straight budget deficit
By some measures, L.A.'s Center Theatre Group is the busiest nonprofit stage company in the nation — and it's the biggest by far outside Manhattan. But now this theatrical giant is in serious need of more than a little help from its friends. The...
Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Inflation and Deflation, Les Miserables (movie), Politics
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Stop the deficit extremists
The U.S. economy is improving, yet Congress seems still to be in the grip of the delirium that shrinking the deficit in the near term is still a matter of paramount urgency. That's what's prevented lawmakers from dealing with their real task, which is...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Mitt Romney, Unemployment, Politics
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Roger Federer stumbles but doesn't fall at French Open
PARIS — Chasing a shot, Roger Federer caught his right shoe in Roland Garros' red clay, twisting that foot awkwardly and tumbling to the ground. Soon enough, he was in a real rut, in danger of his earliest exit from a Grand Slam tournament in...
Tags: Victoria Azarenka, David Ferrer, Women's Tennis Association, Rafael Nadal, Angelique Kerber
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Win or done, Los Angeles Kings must break road pattern
CHICAGO — The Kings used to win road games, and not just by the score of 2-1 or 3-2. Really. In fact, one was here in Chicago at the United Center on March 25 in the regular season and they scored five goals, the last time they recorded such...
Tags: Staples Center, National Hockey League, Los Angeles Kings, Duncan Keith, Edmonton Oilers
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Congress shows just how optional a budget can be
This post has been updated, as indicated below. During the last three years of President Obama's first term, Republicans (and a fair number of readers here) blasted congressional Democrats repeatedly for failing to pass a federal budget -- even in 2010,...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Patty Murray, Politics, Paul Ryan
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Blackhawks beat Kings for 2-0 series lead
The Kings will need to shine again at Staples Center after falling behind two games to none to the Chicago Blackhawks, losing 4-2 on Sunday in Game 2 of the NHL Western Conference finals at United Center. Chicago, which owned the league’s best...
Tags: Michal Rozsival, Los Angeles Kings, Duncan Keith, Anze Kopitar, Andrew Shaw
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McManus: 'Tea party' tempest brewing
The "tea party" is back and is brewing trouble for the Republican establishment. After the GOP debacle in the 2012 election, when Republicans not only failed to win the presidency but blew a chance to take over the Senate, party leaders paused to...
Tags: U.S. Department of Education, John Boehner, Health Care Reform (2009), Politics, Karl Rove
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