Posts Tagged ‘fair’

Economists: Obama’s policies ‘fair’ or ‘poor’ (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2011 photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex. Obama gets mediocre marks for his handling of the economy, and Mitt Romney easily outpolls his Republican rivals in an Associated Press survey of economists.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP – President Barack Obama gets mediocre marks for his handling of the economy, and Mitt Romney easily outpolls his Republican rivals in an Associated Press survey of economists.


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Hague prosecutor seeks fair trial for Gadhafi son (AP)

In this image taken from video made available Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, below right, is surrounded by Libyan revolutionary captors shortly after his capture on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at a safe house in the town of Zintan, Libya. The video shows Seif al-Islam arguing with his captors and admonishing them, saying that Libya's regions that were united in revolution will turn against each other in the near future and rip the country apart. (AP Photo/APTN) TV OUTAP – The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor held talks Tuesday with Libyan authorities on ensuring a fair trial for Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam, who is being held by revolutionary fighters.


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Supercommittee: Boehner calls tax plan fair offer (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., wait to speak to media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – House Speaker John Boehner publicly blessed a Republican deficit-reduction plan Tuesday that would raise $300 billion in additional tax revenue while overhauling the IRS code, bucking opposition by some GOP presidential hopefuls and colleagues wary of violating a longstanding point of party orthodoxy.


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Boehner calls GOP deficit plan a ‘fair offer’ (AP)

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. gestures during a news briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP – The top Republican in the House says a recent proposal by GOP members of a special deficit committee is a “fair offer” despite criticism from conservatives who say it breaks the party’s pledge on taxes.


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Tobacco: Graphic federal warnings aren’t fair (AP)

In this combo made from file images provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows two of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have to use by the fall of 2012. Four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies sued the federal government Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, over the new graphic cigarette labels, saying the warnings violate their free speech rights and will cost millions of dollars to print. (AP Photo/U.S. Food and Drug Administration, File)AP – Tobacco companies want a judge to put a stop to new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and pictures of diseased lungs, saying they unfairly urge adults to shun their legal products and will cost millions to produce.


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Ind. fair honors five killed in stage collapse (AP)

In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 frame grab from video provided by Jessica Silas, a stage is seen moments before it collapses at the Indiana State Fair, killing five and injuring dozens of fans waiting for the country band Sugarland to perform, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Jessica Silas)AP – Indiana’s lieutenant governor opened a memorial service for five people killed in a weekend stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair with a prayer expressing thanks for those who rushed to help immediately after high winds toppled stage rigging.


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Strong wind topples stage at Ind. fair, killing 5 (AP)

AP – The summer evening at the Indiana State Fair turned strangely cold. The wind blew hard, then harder still, tearing the fabric from the roof of the wobbling grandstand stage.

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