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Pot could be tax windfall, but skeptics abound
DENVER — A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: “Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for more?” It’s a bit more compl...
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Arizona immigration law spurs education
PHOENIX — A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona’s immigration law took effect, rallies were planned around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend will lead t...
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Associated Press Students walk through the gates outside Benjamin E. Mays Academy, Wednesday morning after Chicago teachers voted to suspend their first strike in 25 years. Union delegates voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to suspend the walkout after discussing a proposed contract settlement with the nation's third largest school district.
Doubts follow teacher strike
CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel secured an extension of Chicago’s school day and empowered principals to hire the teachers they want. Teachers were able to soften a new evaluation process and win some...
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Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign fundraising event in Atlanta Wednesday.
Romney’s comments ripple across battleground map
DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney’s offhanded comment that as a candidate he doesn’t worry about the 47 percent of Americans who pay no income taxes has quickly entered the bloodstream in the presiden...
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Bill allows taxpayers to donate
WASHINGTON — Feel your taxes are too low? House Republicans have devised a new convenient way for those worried about government red ink to donate more to the Treasury. And in a dig at President...
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Tax penalty to hit nearly 6 million people
WASHINGTON — Nearly 6 million Americans — significantly more than first estimated— will face a tax penalty under President Barack Obama’s health overhaul for not getting insurance, congressional an...
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Associated Press Former Marine Sgt. Salvadaor Parada (right) speaks to protesters during a rally on Nov. 13, 2006 outside city hall in Farmers Branch, Texas. A federal appeals court will review Farmers Branch's ordinance, which allows the city building inspector to evict any illegal immigrant renters.
Town gets housing-ban hearing
NEW ORLEANS — A Dallas suburb asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to uphold an ordinance that would ban illegal immigrants from renting homes in the town. The full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of ...
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CEO pleads guilty to cheating investors
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russ Wasendorf Sr. has pleaded guilty to a 20-year fraud that duped thousands of investors out of millions of dollars. During a hearing Monday in ...
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Associated Press Groups of teachers picket outside Morgan Park High School Monday in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he will seek a court order to force the city's teachers back into the classroom.
Chicago teachers to reconsider ending strike
CHICAGO — An angry Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s appeal to the courts to end a six-day teachers strike in the nation’s third largest city set off a new round of recriminations Monday, but did little to end ...
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Associated Press Chicago teachers celebrate after union delegates voted to suspend the strike against the school district Tuesday in Chicago. The teachers had been out for more than a week.
Chicago teachers vote to return to classroom
CHICAGO — Chicago’s teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines, ending a spiteful stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and j...
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