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Senators: $1M CEO salary for federally funded charity is too high

The four senators said they were concerned that the chief executive of a charity that has been closing local clubs for lack of funding was compensated nearly $1 million in 2008. They also questioned why in the same year officials spent $4.3 million on [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Corporate logos on license plates to generate money - your take?

Republican Sen. Mike Fasano of New Port Richey says the idea could generate money for the state. He plans to bring legislation to his colleagues during a hearing next week. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Will Abortion Fight Kill Health Care Reform Legislation?

After a year of debate, it won't be the public option that derails health care reform. Nor will it be death panels. But it might be abortion. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Do you want to see more open summits in government?

President Obama declared Thursday that the time for debate over health-care reform has come to an end, closing an unusual seven-hour summit with congressional leaders by sending a clear message that Democrats will move forward to pass major legislatio [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Utah may drop 12th grade to close budget gap

The notion quickly gained some traction among supporters who agreed with the Republican's assessment that many seniors frittered away their final year of high school, but faced vehement opposition from other quarters, including in his hometown of West [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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How Public Policy Can Prevent Heart Disease

The results were stunning. In six months, participants lost an average of 2.6 pounds and boosted their estimated life expectancy by 3.1 years. Even more impressive, health-care claims for city and school employees fell for the first time in a decade†[more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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British farmer ordered to demolish his secret castle

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He says he had applied in 1996 to build a house on his farmland, but the authorities wouldn't grant him permission. So, when he and his wife were feeling "desperate," they found a loophole in the British law. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Claim: Pelosi is corruptly using taxpayer money for family travel

Worse still, she also appears to have requisitioned entire flights for the personal use of her children and grandchildren. That is, unaccompanied by any member of Congress, her kids, in-laws and grandchildren are utilizing entire military passenger je [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Her boyfriend took this statue with permission to protect it

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She said that her boyfriend took the artwork with permission from a CSU administrator after learning it was being warehoused, and that she kept it in her office because she believed she could protect it. Auditors told university officials in Octobe [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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SOTU proposal 1: Invest $30B of repaid bailout in community banks

(to help finance small business). [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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IRS commissioner doesn't file his own taxes, too complicated

"I've used one for years. I find it convenient. I find the tax code complex so I use a preparer," Shulman said. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Secret government egg facility for making flu vaccine

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The government wanted a "secure system to protect these birds," with "very strict conditions for the entry and exit of people and product," said Robin Robinson, an official at the Department of Health and Human Services who masterminded the secret egg [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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