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Gov. Jerry Brown's trip to China isn't being paid for by taxpayers. The governor isn't footing the bill either. Instead, the cost is covered by the roughly 90 people traveling with Brown, some of them representing special interests.
It's one of...
Taylor Swift was not a big winner at the American Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday in Las Vegas. The performer/songwriter who took home a basketful of awards, including female vocalist of the year, was Miranda Lambert. (But Swift, in her Dolce...
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The swearing-in ceremony Tuesday for Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, already one of the country's richest and most powerful men, involved pomp, a 21-gun salute, an old Bible and controversy.
A dozen heads of state attended as Kenyatta...
Argentine veterans of the bitter war over the Falkland Islands said Monday that they had no sorrow over the death of Margaret Thatcher, who launched British forces to recapture the South Atlantic islands more than three decades ago.
“She won&...
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Venezuela's Maduro is sworn in as president
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Nicolas Maduro, the handpicked successor of the late President Hugo Chavez, was sworn in to Venezuela's highest office Friday, despite refusal by a newly empowered opposition to accept defeat in a hotly contested election....
Tags: National Government, Elections, Ceremonies, Arts and Culture, Government
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Cardin to meet with family of Russian lawyer
Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive...
Tags: Justice System, Corruption, Government, Science and Technology, U.S. Congress
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Internet sales tax is good for Md. business
Imagine you are a benevolent monarch and you have the power to institute a sales tax. (Even benevolent government has to be financed, after all.) Would you set one up that gave preference to sellers located outside your kingdom and penalized your own...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Government, E-Commerce Industry, U.S. Senate, Tea Party Movement
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COLUMN: Britain's hateful politics
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has prompted reactions from Britain's far left that takes bad taste to new extremes. During its Top 40 music countdown Sunday night, BBC Radio 1 was "forced"...Tags: National Government, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government, Addiction, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939)
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The Week Ahead: Suu Kyi sojourn, Thatcher farewell, Italy adrift
Testing the waters for a revitalized Asian alliance Now through Saturday, April 20: Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Japan this week is purportedly unofficial, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate probably has more clout than any...
Tags: China, Elections, Burma, Government, Italy
Apr 19, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 12, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Skelton: Special interests give Brown free ride to China
Tags: China, Jerry Brown, Government, Trips and Vacations, Regional Authority
Apr 9, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Growing Up With Annette And Margaret
The Hartford Courant
Although they represented the opposite poles of femininity — the intimidating, well-respected and unyielding Iron Lady vs. the adorable, well-beloved and sassy Cutie Pie — both Margaret Thatcher and Annette Funicello shaped my universe growing...Tags: Government, Annette Funicello, England, Politics, Margaret Thatcher
Apr 8, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Taylor Swift stands out at American Academy of Country Music Awards
Tags: Government, Celine, Entertainment, Television Industry, Politics
Apr 9, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Kenya's new president sworn in amid divisions
Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Elections, Ceremonies, Arts and Culture, Government
Apr 8, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Death of Thatcher stirs up wartime memories in Argentina
Tags: Government, Politics, United Kingdom, Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Apr 8, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Margaret Thatcher: The politician British pop music loved to hate
Margaret Thatcher, the so-called Iron Lady, was one of God's gifts to music. In the history of popular music, there probably never has been a head of state more reviled in song than the former Conservative Party British prime minister, who died today at...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Music Industry, Government, Entertainment, England
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