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2008 Duneland Year in Review: The ups then downs of a troubled year (Chesterton Tribune)
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Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:44:40 GMT
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Amid a number of records and unprecedented events, one thing is clear about 2008: The year ended on quite a different note than when it began. Consider President George W. Bush’s declaration in February, when he tried to assure Americans that “this country is not recession-bound.”
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Press & Media (Heritage Foundation)
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Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:13:39 GMT
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So much for checks and balances. It looks as if the Bush administration intends to spend billions of dollars bailing out the American automotive industry. That announcement came immediately after Congress - the branch of government that is constitutionally required to deal with spending measures - declined to intervene.
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2008 year in review: Big news, small news and in between (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
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Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:25:18 GMT
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JANUARYPDBossuJan. 1: Former Benedictine High School coach Augie Bossu, who led football and baseball teams at the school from 1953-2006, dies at 91. The FBI resumes its search for the mysterious "D.B. Cooper" who hijacked an airliner in 1971,...
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Weather makes employers make payroll decisions (South Sound Business Examiner)
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Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:49:34 GMT
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It's what some are calling the storm of the decade and it seems out of place in the Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the storm is here and businesses are having to make unfamiliar payroll decisions.For example, should employees who can't leave their houses due to the snow be docked a day's pay? Must the employer treat salaried and hourly employees differently? Are employees allowed to make up work ...
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State diciplines health care professionals (South Sound Business Examiner)
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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:34:14 GMT
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The state Department of Health has revoked or suspended the licenses, certifications or registrations of health care providers in Washington. The department has also immediately suspended the credentials of people who have been prohibited from practicing in other states. In Lewis County, the state summarily suspended the license of pharmacist Alvin Fitzgerald. His license to practice pharmacy ...
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Gregoire: proposed budget will close deficit without raising taxes (South Sound Business Examiner)
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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:49:07 GMT
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Gov. Chris Gregoire today proposed her 2009–11 state budget, closing a projected $5.7 billion shortfall through a combination of program reductions, suspension of salary increases for state employees, teachers and care workers, pension changes, increased federal contributions and the use of the state's rainy day fund. "Now is not the time to be raising taxes on our residents and businesses," ...
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Chamber After-Hours cancelled (South Sound Business Examiner)
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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:19:24 GMT
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Puyallup/Sumner Chamber of Commerce has cancelled this evening's scheduled Business After Hours event planned for Willow Gardens Retirement Living in Puyallup due to inclement weather and driving conditions.This Chamber office is also closed today for the same reason. ...
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Fed cuts target for key rate to record low (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
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Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:42:19 GMT
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Associated PressFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues pledged to use "all available tools" as they struggle to contain the financial crisis. WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve has cut its target for a key interest rate to the lowest...
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Fed cuts interest rate to historic low (Tri-City Herald)
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Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:49:50 GMT
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The Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark lending rate Tuesday by at least three-quarters of a percentage point to a record low as it struggles to right a listing economy amid a deepening recession.
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Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
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Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:17:32 GMT
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From the conclusion of this war we shall be going downhill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten, therefore, and their rights disregarded... The shackles, therefore, . . . will be made heavier ...
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