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Despite observers, Syria’s Assad hikes crackdown (AP)

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:06:48 +0000

AP – Bashar Assad’s regime would appear to be setting itself on a collision course: It let in outside observers for the first time Thursday to monitor his commitment to halting the crackdown on dissent, even as his security forces unleashed a fiercer onslaught this week, killing more than 200 in two days.

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Readers debate tuition hikes, presidential politics and the Mets

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:11:23 +0000

Manhattan: Re Your Dec. 5 editorial (“Fair deal at CUNY”) supporting the tuition hike at City University institutions: This is a fair deal. Kudos to former CUNY trustee Herman Badillo, Chairman Benno Schmidt and Chancellor Matthew Goldstein for their efforts at increasing standards at the CUNY colleges.

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Yemen president’s return hikes fear of escalation (AP)

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:02:04 +0000

AP – President Ali Abdullah Saleh abruptly returned home to Yemen on Friday after more than three months of being treated in Saudi Arabia for wounds from an assassination attempt, in a move apparently aimed to ensure his grip as his loyalists and opponents wage urban warfare in the capital.

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Obama defends tax hikes for wealthy: ‘This is not class warfare’

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:07:49 +0000

President Obama fired off a shot in what Republicans call “class warfare” Monday - proposing $1.5 trillion in tax hikes on millionaires to cut the nation’s rising deficit.

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Big price hikes on food, clothes set to wallop us

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:47:20 +0000

Fresh financial pain is on the way, with price hikes expected on everything from underwear to cereal.

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Bill preventing big tax hikes heads to Obama Fri. (AP)

admin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:25:08 +0000

AP – A massive bipartisan tax package preventing a big New Year’s Day tax hike for millions of Americans is on its way to President Barack Obama for his signature Friday.

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Bill preventing big tax hikes heads to Obama (AP)

admin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:40:32 +0000

AP – A massive bipartisan tax package preventing a big New Year’s Day tax hike for millions of Americans is on its way to President Barack Obama for his signature.

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Citigroup gives pay hikes to top execs in stock (AP)

admin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:15:58 +0000

AP – Citigroup, still partly owned by the government after a rescue during the financial meltdown, is giving raises to top executives that could amount to millions of dollars.

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AP-GfK Poll: Nearly half oppose tax hikes for rich (AP)

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:27:20 +0000

AP – Almost half the country opposes tax increases for the richest Americans, according to a poll suggesting that congressional Democrats are taking some risk by backing President Barack Obama’s plan to boost levies on the wealthy.

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MTA fare hikes become almost certain, provoking public outrage

admin — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:30:52 +0000

Straphangers are about to pay more, but get less. Three months after imposing service cuts, the MTA moved closer to near-certain fare hikes last night at the first of its two legally mandated public hearings.

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