Nation & World
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PublishedMarch 21, 2014
Nation/World Dispatches
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. House Democrat proposes new tax on millionaires Two days after Illinois Republicans chose a multimillionaire as their candidate for governor, the powerful Chicago Democrat who controls the Illinois House proposed a tax on millionaires Thursday to fund the state’s financially strapped education system. House Speaker Michael Madigan introduced a constitutional amendment to tack […]
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PublishedMarch 21, 2014
Randolph Thrower, former IRS chief, dies at 100
He served under the Nixon administration and was forced out after clashes with the White House over appointments.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
Reid calls for review of computers used for CIA study
The Senate majority leader repeats allegations that the agency conducted three unauthorized searches.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
Jack Kinzler, NASA’s ‘Mr. Fix-it,’ dies at 94
Kinzler was known for fixing everything from a Skylab glitch to Alan Shepard’s lunar golf club.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
Congress ends nearly five years of conserving no land
It’s the longest such drought since World War II.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
S&P reduces Russia’s credit rating outlook to negative
The rating company says Russia’s economy is threatened by Western sanctions over Crimea.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
NCAA Roundup: For second straight year, Harvard scores big upset
The 12th-seeded Crimson send Cincinnati home early, while Dayton upsets Ohio State.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
Report soon on FBI shooting death of Chechen man
Ibragim Todashev was killed in Orlando in May while FBI agents and others questioned him about his friendship with suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
Lawrence Walsh, Iran-Contra scandal prosecutor, dies at 102
His six-decade career included jobs as a New York prosecutor, federal judge, deputy U.S. attorney general, Wall Street lawyer, president of the American Bar Association and negotiator during the Vietnam War peace talks.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014
Forecasters predict cooler-than-normal spring for New England
‘This is one of those winters – the gift that keeps on giving,’ said Jon Gottschalck of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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