Economic Scene
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Perhaps you have heard that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have come up with different health care plans. Hers would require every American to own health insurance. His would not.
That difference is the only one between the two candidates on any domestic policy that has received much attention. (Think about […]
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by admin
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By MONICA DAVEY
CHICAGO — A strict ban on smoking went into effect in Illinois on Tuesday, sending clusters of bundled smokers here out into frigid temperatures and the thick pile of snow that also arrived with the new year.
The restrictions, which ban smoking inside bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, pool halls, casinos and in nearly […]
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By
LISA CHAMBERLAIN
ST. PAUL — As manufacturing declined across the country, cities from Baltimore to San Francisco have reclaimed waterfronts for recreation and development. But here along the Mississippi River, an unusual situation has emerged.
A well-known local developer, proposing the largest project in St. Paul’s history, has been prevented by the city itself, with the […]
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By KATHERINE ZOEPF
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — An outspoken Saudi blogger is being held for “purposes of interrogation,” the Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed Tuesday.
Gen. Mansour al-Turki, an Interior Ministry spokesman reached by telephone, said the blogger, Fouah al-Farhan, was “being questioned about specific violations of nonsecurity laws.” Mr. Farhan’s blog, which discusses social issues, had […]
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By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
WASHINGTON — Six months ago, the Bush administration quietly eased some restrictions on the export of politically delicate technologies to China. The new approach was intended to help American companies increase sales of high-tech equipment to China despite tight curbs on sharing technology that might have military applications.
But today the administration […]
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By BRIAN STELTER
OK!, the celebrity magazine, could not possibly have purchased all the attention it enjoyed in late December after it got the scoop that Jamie Lynn Spears, the younger and until then less sensational sister of the troubled pop queen Britney Spears, was three months pregnant.
Or could it? It is widely assumed within […]
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