Nevada legislative leaders and Gov. Jim Gibbons have agreed on a budget deal to plug a $900 million shortfall while minimizing cuts to education. Assembly Democratic Majority Leader John Oceguera of Las Vegas says leadership of both parties and the governor…

Nevada – Jim Gibbons – Las Vegas Nevada – United States – Democratic Party

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Nevada legislative leaders agree to budget deal

Companies in the U.S. probably cut more jobs in February and the unemployment rate increased, indicating the labor market in the world’s largest economy is still struggling to rebound, economists said before a government report this week.

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Payrolls Probably Declined in February: U.S. Economy Preview

Some of the diplomats who, like George Mantello in Geneva, played a role in helping Jewish and other refugees to flee the Nazis: Hiram Bingham IV: U.S. consular official in Marseille, France, who defied State Department regulations by issuing visas, safe…

Peru – MachuPicchu – Cusco – Marseille – United States Department of State

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Other diplomats who saved lives

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd abandoned the Obama administration’s stand- alone consumer financial agency and is proposing a bureau in the Treasury Department, seeking to overcome Republican opposition to legislation overhauling Wall Street regulations.

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Dodd Scraps Obama’s Consumer Agency, Proposes Treasury Bureau

Japanese authorities told more than 150,000 people to evacuate coastal areas after warning of tsunami surges as high as 3 meters (10 feet) following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile.

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Japan Orders 150,000 to Evacuate Coasts Under Tsunami Warning

TORONTO (Reuters) – Tesoro Corp said on Saturday that the tsunami generated by an earthquake in Chile had not hurt its 94,000 barrel per day refinery in Kapolei, Hawaii.

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Tesoro Hawaiian refinery not impacted by tsunami

Offering tax incentives to businesses that create jobs sounds like a great way to reduce unemployment. But if the tax breaks go to companies that would have created the jobs anyway, the money is largely wasted. As Congress debates new tax incentives for job…

Unemployment – Tax credit – United States Congress – Tax break – United States

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State a case study of tax credits for new jobs

Debate about the health attributes and risks of raw milk is spilling into statehouses and courtrooms across the country as proponents of unpasteurized dairy products push to make them easier for consumers to buy. Supporters of the raw milk cause say…

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Debate stirs over raw milk

When weather forecasters predicted severe winter storms across the country in the past few weeks, airlines sent their customers a steady stream of e-mail and text messages, giving them a chance to change their itineraries ahead of the bad weather. Those who…

Airline – Weather forecasting – Text messaging – Travel – Weather

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Growing fees leave airline passengers annoyed

The first time William Usery visited the giant auto plant near Interstate 880 in Fremont, its cavernous halls were silent and its assembly lines stood still. “There were birds flying around inside the building,” said Usery, 85, a former U.S. labor secretary…

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History likely to repeat itself at Nummi site

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Ship traffic for Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010

Elizabeth Sturcken has quite a job on her hands. She’s the go-to person on Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s mega-green initiative – to eliminate 20 million tons of carbon emissions from its global supply chain by 2015. “That’s an estimated 100,000 suppliers,” said…

Wal-Mart – Supply chain – Greenhouse gas – Business – Environment

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Green project making it harder to hate Wal-Mart

Title: Partner Company: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto Q: You’re in China to take one of your China-based clients public in the New York Stock Exchange. Why is the trend of Chinese companies seeking financing in U.S. markets an important one to…

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Three Questions for Richard Kline

In science fiction, characters often turn to a portable universal translator to help bridge the linguistic divide, either among humans or with aliens. But the concept doesn’t just exist in the imagination of “Star Trek” writers or the pages of “The Hitchhiker’…

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Smart phones may one day be translators

David Cameron will tell his opposition U.K. Conservative Party it has a “patriotic duty to win” the coming general election, as he tries to reverse recent poll gains by Gordon Brown’s Labour government.

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Cameron to Tell U.K. Conservatives of ‘Patriotic Duty’ to Win