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Powerful quake kills at least 3 in northern Italy
ROME (AP) -- One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least three people, toppled some buildings and sent residents running into the streets, emergency services and news reports said....
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G-8 warns North Korea about further provocations
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Group of Eight world leaders has warned North Korea that it faces more sanctions if it continues to threaten the stability of the region with provocative acts such as its failed long-range rocket launch in April....
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Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war but who later was imprisoned after challenging the president in elections....
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Myanmar: New deal to end fighting with Shan rebels
KENGTUNG, Myanmar (AP) -- A Myanmar negotiator says ethnic Shan rebels have agreed in a second round of talks to end fighting with army troops in the country's east, the latest reported deal between the new reformist government and various ethnic separatist movements....
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Taiwan's Ma signals no China change as term starts
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan's president began his second term Sunday and signaled he will maintain a China policy that has reduced tensions between the sides, offering Beijing little early hope of realizing its long-term goal of unification....
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Obama sees 'emerging consensus' on economic fix
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge....
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Trapped Chinese coal miner rescued after 17 days
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese coal miner has been rescued after being trapped underground for 17 days by an underground flood that killed at least 10 others....
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Transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant loses
TORONTO (AP) -- The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant has lost her bid to win the title....
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Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US
NEW YORK (AP) -- A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations....
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Thousands mark 'Red Shirt' crackdown in Bangkok
BANGKOK (AP) -- Buddhist monks led prayers as tens of thousands gathered in Bangkok to mark the second anniversary of deadly clashes between soldiers and "Red Shirt" protesters....
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Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy
ROME (AP) -- A bomb exploded outside an Italian high school named after the wife of an assassinated anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing one student and wounding at least seven others, officials said....
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Yemen: 36 killed in fighting with al-Qaida
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni officials say fresh clashes with al-Qaida fighters in the south have left at least 34 people dead, while a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed two militants....
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7 charged with terror crimes in Real IRA crackdown
DUBLIN (AP) -- Seven Irish republicans, including three relatives of a senior reputed Real IRA member and four others allegedly operating a forest rifle range, were arraigned Saturday on terror charges following a security sweep against militants plotting to sabotage Northern Ireland's peace process....
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Car bomb in eastern Syrian city kills 9
BEIRUT (AP) -- A car bomb in the parking lot of a Syrian military compound killed at least nine people Saturday, the latest in increasingly frequent bombings in the country's major cities to target the regime's security services....
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Afghan security issues weighed at NATO summit
A look at Afghan security issues to be discussed at the NATO summit in Chicago....
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World leaders confront flagging Afghan war
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- It was what President Barack Obama called a "war of necessity," a conflict thrust upon America by the 9/11 attacks. As NATO's mission here winds down nearly 11 years later, the insurgents remain undefeated, corruption runs rife and the peace process is stuck in the sand....
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Suicide blast kills 13 in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint Saturday in a volatile area of eastern Afghanistan, killing 13 people, police said....
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Echoes of Eurozone crisis at NATO meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The NATO meeting in Chicago is a chance for alliance leaders to proclaim solidarity and promise success. But the two-day gathering that begins Sunday probably won't resolve the underlying anxiety about sharing the burdens of defense, a concern heightened by Europe's economic crisis and America's growing weariness at carrying the heaviest load....
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Gunter Sachs art collection to be auctioned in UK
LONDON (AP) -- A British auction house is selling artworks collected by Germany born photographer Gunter Sachs....
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Electric car network gets first test in Israel
ROSH HAAYIN, Israel (AP) -- Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come?...
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“The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."
- The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, 1776
Did You Know?
In 2011, Americans will devote 2 hours and 13 minutes of every eight-hour workday, over a quarter of their working hours, to paying taxes. In a nine-to-five workday, it takes until 11:13 a.m. to earn enough to pay that day's share of taxes at the federal, state and local level. If we add the federal deficit to the picture—that is, if the federal government were planning to collect enough in taxes during 2011 to finance all of its spending—Americans would work until lunchtime for the government.
Source: The Tax Foundation
By The Way...
| 36 | have been accused of spousal abuse. | |
| 7 | have been arrested for fraud. | |
| 19 | have been accused of writing bad checks. | |
| 117 | have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses. | |
| 3 | have done time for assault. | |
| 71 | cannot get a credit card due to bad credit. | |
| 14 | have been arrested on drug-related charges. | |
| 8 | have been arrested for shoplifting. | |
| 21 | currently are defendants in lawsuits. | |
| 84 | have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year. | |
| NBA or NFL? | ||
| Neither. | ||
| It's the 535 members of the United States Congress! | ||
Barack Obama Accepts the Democratic Party Nomination
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