San Mateo County Times, CA
The 17 city-owned properties that would be protected are 13 parks, the open space near Water Dog Lake, the Belmont Sports Complex, the Barrett Community Center and Hastings Tot Lot. The ballot measure, if approved, would cost Belmont $10000. …
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AP - May 19, 2009 4:43 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is moving to pass legislation to make credit cards more consumer-friendly.
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Morgan Hill Times, CA
There are plenty of folks like us, empty nesters, young families (like our son) and young professionals who would like to live downtown, but we haven't built new housing in the downtown for years. It's time to reinvest in our downtown and bring in new …
The Santa Barbara Independent, CA
In the City of Santa Barbara, such funding has proven essential for two recent housing projects designed to provide shelter and services to the mentally ill. Those funds have also gone to help those whose homelessness was caused in large measure by …
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San Jose Mercury News, USA -
After voting on the matter at two previous meetings, council members are scheduled to give the proposal to pay themselves $300 per month a final hearing tonight, May 5. Previously, Mayor Curtis Wright, Vice Mayor Don Perry and Councilwoman Lana Malloy …
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By ABDUL WAHEED WAFA KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai officially registered Monday to stand for reelection in national voting on August 20.
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The new policy, which the Sunnyvale City Council unanimously approved on Tuesday, requires that all modes of transportation — motor vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians — have safe access to city streets. It also gives on-street parking a lesser priority …
Baltimore Sun
By Noam Levey | Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Potentially removing a major obstacle to the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, senior Democrats on Capitol Hill have reached broad agreement on a plan to prevent …
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Hartford Courant
By DANIELA ALTIMARI | The Hartford Courant The legislature is expected to vote today on a bill that would carve out legal protections for business owners and professionals who oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds.
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CNN
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — Indians are voting in their tens of millions in a month-long general election that creates huge logistical issues in the world's largest democracy.
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Asia Times Online
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