Monday, February 16, 2009

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All-night session fails to produce state budget
February 15, 2009 at 8:22 am

Gov. Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders try to garner a final Republican vote needed for the plan to pass the Senate. GOP support in the Assembly looks like a done deal.

Lawmakers are in lockdown in the state Capitol after an all-night session has failed to result in passage of a budget, as GOP legislators troubled by the plan's tax hikes demand last-minute concessions.


Clinton aims to make her mark in China
February 15, 2009 at 3:00 am

The secretary of State is pressing the case that she should have control over policies related to China, not economic officials, as they did under Bush. She may raise touchy issues with Beijing.

When Hillary Rodham Clinton needed a way to restore her reputation after the failure of her 1990s healthcare initiative, China provided the opportunity.


Debt finally topples a Las Vegas high roller
February 15, 2009 at 3:00 am

Omar Siddiqui, a top executive at Fry's Electronics, was coveted and coddled by Las Vegas casinos. Now he faces fraud charges.

Omar Siddiqui was well-known on the Strip.


Publicists for octuplets' mother quit over death threats
February 15, 2009 at 3:00 am

Brentwood couple say they received threatening e-mails and phone calls soon after they began representing Nadya Suleman and set up a website for her.

Two Brentwood publicists said they dropped octuplets mom Nadya Suleman as a client Saturday because they have received a slew of death threats.


Stimulus' cap on executive bonuses is too sweeping, experts warn
February 15, 2009 at 3:00 am

Christopher Dodd's surprise provision doesn't apply solely to senior executives, and observers say it could drain distressed financial firms of the kind of talent they need as they rebuild.

An effort to curb executive pay at the nation's most troubled banks, inserted at the last minute into Congress’ mammoth economic stimulus bill , has sparked an outcry from financial services groups and others who warn the caps could harm the government's efforts to revive the economy.


Depression survivors remember hope
February 15, 2009 at 3:00 am

The lessons they learned during childhood in the 1930s weren't easy, but have lasted a lifetime.

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