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San Mateo County officials will appear before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, DC on Tuesday to ask for federal funds to help compensate for millions in local taxpayer dollars lost in the collapse of Lehman Bros. investment firm …
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Gay and lesbian military service members who are legally married in Iowa can still be involuntarily discharged from the Iowa National Guard and other military branches under a federal law that prevents homosexuals from openly serving in the armed …
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By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE ALBANY - State officials have settled a lawsuit filed four years ago by a photographer who claimed that Gov.
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The "cat prohibition" should save the local woodrat population, Planning Manager Deborah Nelson said. Deed restrictions will be placed on the houses preventing the homeowners from letting their cats outside, although it's unclear how it will be …
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I've had 15 to 20 calls from doctor's offices," said Gary Martin, a pharmacist with Preuss Pharmacy in Menlo Park. Because April tends to be the very end of the flu season, pharmacies rarely keep large supplies on hand, he said. …
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She said she doesn't allow her kids to play in the grass area near the quarry and that they walk the family dog, an Australian shepherd, on a leash. Pleasanton police Lt. Craig Eicher said residents also reported what they thought was a mountain lion …
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By HAVIV RETTIG GUR "More alike than different" was how one source close to Defense Minister Ehud Barak describes the policies of the Labor Party leader and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman of Israel Beiteinu.
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By STEPHEN POWER and GREG HITT WASHINGTON — Top officials from the Obama administration are urging members of Congress to pass legislation capping US greenhouse-gas emissions, warning that failure to do so would exacerbate climate change and risk …
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By Craig Whitlock BERLIN, April 21 — European prosecutors are likely to investigate CIA and Bush administration officials on suspicion of violating an international ban on torture if they are not held legally accountable at home, according to UN …
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By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - President Obama said Saturday that he will soon announce “the elimination of dozens of government programs shown to be wasteful or ineffective,” and used his weekly radio address to name two …
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