1. Billionaire Bloomberg buys more mansions, up to 11

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    ... more properties last year, expanding his real-estate holdings to 11. And that doesn't count Gracie ... released yesterday show he bought a $4.55 million ranch in North Salem in June 2011, adding

  2. New Orleans struggles to stem homicides

    ... Orleans this year, a tally that matched the previous year’s homicide count, but with more than ... a month before 2011 was out. Read the whole story at New York Times

  3. California: $10 to see public records

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    ... (PRESSDEMOCRAT) Viewing a public file at the Santa Rosa courthouse will cost $10 under a proposal ... to public information. The new search fee is among 11 recommendations from a panel of judges, lawyers ... as a way to offset $1 billion in cuts to the superior court system over the past four years

  4. Adam Sandler Razzie record: 11 worst-movie noms

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    ... , an Academy Awards spoof that singles out the worst movies of the year. Sandler received a record 11 ... nominations Saturday for the Razzies as star, producer or writer on three 2011 movies - "Jack ... record of five Razzie nominations held by Eddie Murphy for 2007's "Norbit." Sandler's nominations

  5. Hate-crime stats deflate 'Islamophobia' myth

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    ... the 9/11 terrorist attacks reveals that, on a per capita basis, American Muslims, contrary to spin, have ... been subjected to hate crimes less often than other prominent minorities. From 2002 to 2011 ... 10 percent lower than blacks (6.7), 48 percent lower than homosexuals and bisexuals (11.5), and 59

  6. The Eurocrisis comes to America

    ... . 21, it will release revisions to home sales for 2007 through the first 10 months 2011. Home sales ... [A]s noted over a week ago, European banks scrambled to obtain cheap dollars by borrowing over $50 ... billion from the Fed, and plug dollar shortfalls. Yet as all band aid measures designed to offset

  7. Hispanics soon will out-buy other minorities

    ... states with more than $10 billion in Asian buying power. This year that number is 11. The African ... six percent, the report said. A large part of that is that between 1990 and 2011, the boundaries ... growth from 1990 to 2011. Non-Hispanic buying power is growing closer to a rate of 176 percent over

  8. Taxes on some wealthy French top 100% of income

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    ... . The newspaper said that the exceptionally high level of taxation was due to a one-off levy last year on 2011 ... , to offset the impact of a rebate scheme created by its conservative predecessor to cap an individual's overall taxation at 50 percent of income.

  9. Most murder victims in big cities have criminal record

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    ... of the victims had criminal arrest histories. In some cities, it's up to 91 percent. The 2011 ... percent white. The 2011 Homicide Review Commission reports there were 86 homicides that year, with 93 ... residents and 1.7 per 100,000 White residents." The report concludes that "of the 2011 homicide victims

  10. Sheriff Joe demands Obama draft registration

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    ... " caption="Exhibit F: "80" two-digit PICA Post Office date stamp in Barack Obama's Selective ... . Zullo's letter gave Romo 10 business days within receipt of the letter to respond. Romo, who ... it." On April 3, Richard S. Flahavan, associate director of public and intergovernmental affairs

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