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Breathe Books in Hampden opening health-food cafe
Breathe Books in Hampden says it will add a health-food cafe to its store next month. Owner Susan Weis-Bohlen says all the offerings will have at least one of five features: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, raw or Ayurvedic -- Ayurveda is a holistic type...
Tags: Restaurants, Pikesville, Drugs and Medicines, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Ayurvedic Medicine
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Will 2012 be the year American democracy dies?
Who's buying our democracy? Wall Street financiers, the Koch brothers, and casino magnates Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn, among others. And they're doing much of it in secret. It's a perfect storm -- the combination of three waves that are about to...
Tags: Samuel A. Alito, Democracy, Political Systems, Karl Rove, Internal Revenue Service
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Same-sex marriage backers raise $3.2 million
The main group supporting same-sex marriage in Maryland has raised $3.2 million and still has $1.2 million in its war chest to defend the law in the Nov. 6 referendum, according to a disclosure filed last night with the State Board of Elections. Among...Tags: MGM Resorts International, Gays and Lesbians, Michael Bloomberg, Referenda, Steve Jobs
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Maybe George Soros can save Big Bird
Seems to me that philanthropist George Soros could pitch in and save Big Bird instead of helping President Obama reach his $1 billion campaign donation goal ("Big lies and Big Bird," Oct. 8). As far as "big lies" goes, what Mr. Romney is saying is no...Tags: Barack Obama, Martin O'Malley, George W. Bush, Elections
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Obama is the one hiding records
I find The Sun's editorial regarding Mitt Romney's tax returns somewhat comical ("Many unhappy returns?" July 19). First, why the outcry for years of back tax returns other than something for the Democrats (and their spokesmen in the so-called mainstream...Tags: Barack Obama, Employment Opportunities, General Electric Company, Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements
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Taxing the liberal elite: Let them pay their fair share too
I find it most amusing to read about the super rich paying their fare share. Fine. I hope that when measures to that end are finally taken, the tax collectors won't neglect to soak such luminaries as, say, Barbara Streisand, Oprah, Michael Moore, Alec...Tags: Alec Baldwin
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Pew study finds news from non-profit sites can have its own kind of bias
The Baltimore SunJust because news and information comes from a non-profit operation rather than corporately-owned one doesn’t mean it is ideologically-free, disinterested and independent reporting that citizens can automatically trust. Quite the contrary, some...Tags: Television, Franklin (New London, Connecticut), Parent Organizations, The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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White says SEC not now writing political spending rule
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission told lawmakers on Thursday that her agency, despite pressure from liberal groups, is not currently drafting a rule that would call for public companies to disclose their political...Tags: Taxation, Justice System, Investments, Financial and Business Services, Jeb Hensarling
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J.C. Penney woes may persist as Best Buy rebounds
For a while, J.C. Penney and Best Buy seemed to be doppelgangers. The two retailers struggled with intensifying competition after years of comfortable stagnation. Beset by Wall Street skepticism and shaky consumer loyalty, each made sweeping attempts at...
Tags: Ball State University, Prices, Coca-Cola Co., Moody's Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Rich liberal donors throw weight behind Obama agenda
WASHINGTON — An influential network of some of the country's wealthiest liberal political donors is steering resources to an advocacy group backing President Obama's agenda and to organizations working to pass immigration reform, providing a surge...
Tags: Immigration, Gavin Newsom, Organizing for Action, Finance, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Hedge fund Centaurus to return cash, shut Asia office: source
ReutersHONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge fund firm Centaurus Capital is returning external investors all of their money after clashes with them over where the best money-making opportunities lay, a source familiar with the firm said. The partners of the...Tags: Mutual Funds, Finance, BNP Paribas, Asia
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George Soros takes 7.9% stake in J.C. Penney, stock soars
Billionaire financier George Soros seems to be showing faith in J.C. Penney’s chances at a turnaround, taking a 7.9% stake in the struggling retailer. The hedge fund titan bought nearly 17.4 million shares through his Soros Fund Management,...
Tags: Ron Johnson, Mutual Funds, JC Penney Company Inc.
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