Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:56:00 GMT
BEIJING (AP) -- China closed its annual legislative session Sunday by approving a budget that extends job-creation and welfare programs as Beijing tries to deal with a rapidly expanding rich-poor gap at the root of many of its social stability ...
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:49:00 GMT
... active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to information that makes their lives better and their communities stronger," the organization says on its Web site. The Press & Sun-Bulletin and pressconnects.com are ...
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:56:00 GMT
? Last summer without advance notice the Coast Guard began enforcing on the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, as well as certain other "federally navigable waterways," a long-standing requirement that the guides hold Coast Guard "6-Pack" licenses ...
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:04:00 GMT
Paul Bereswill/Getty Images The Islanders congratulate teammate Freddy Meyer (center) after he scored a goal in the first period as Travis Zajac of the Devils looks up at the scoreboard. UNIONDALE, N.Y. ? Thought the Devils had finally pulled ...
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:49:00 GMT
WASHINGTON -- America is springing forward. Most Americans trade an hour's sleep this weekend for more evening sunshine to enjoy after work. Officially the change to daylight saving time occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time, though most folks set ...
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:42:00 GMT
LONG ISLAND (WABC) -- Thousands of people are without power on Long Island with rain and wind pounding the island. Driving winds have made it a dangerous storm. A tree came crashing down onto a house in Massapequa. Winds uprooted the tree, which ...
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:56:00 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP)-- Newly arrived Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts accused President Barack Obama and Democrats on Saturday of a "bitter, destructive and endless" drive to pass health overhaul legislation that Brown warned would be ...
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:56:00 GMT
Detroit, which blew a two-goal lead, moved into eighth place in the Western Conference standings ahead of the idle Calgary Flames . Jochen Hecht (FSY) pulled Buffalo within a goal at the 7:05 mark of the first period and tied it 5½ minutes into ...
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:56:00 GMT
Beijing - China plans to bid for contracts to build U.S. high-speed train lines and is stepping up exports of rail technology to Europe and Latin America, a government official said Saturday. China has built 4,000 miles (6,500 kilometers) of high ...
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:21:00 GMT
... 8040) -- according to the Web ... local, regional and national touring artists. The Comedy Zone (3130 Hartley Road, Jacksonville; 904-292-4242) in the Mandarin neighborhood, this club brings top comedic performers to Jacksonville. ? Sports
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