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 ... access to public information. The new search fee is among 11 recommendations from a panel of judges ... offered 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. Sheriff Joe demands Obama draft registration

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    ... ="Exhibit F: "80" two-digit PICA Post Office date stamp in Barack Obama's Selective Service ... . 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

  6. Bond-ratings cuts advance to fastest since '09

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    ... rose to 80 issuers from 52 in 2011, according to S&P. Join in the "No More Red Ink" campaign ... in 2011, according to S&P data. PSA Peugeot Citroen (UG), Europe's second-largest carmaker, was cut ... . (RSH) was lowered four steps this year by S&P to seven levels below investment grade. Defaults

  7. 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

  8. Vietnam to embrace nuclear power

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    ... (OILPRICE) — When on 11 March 2011 a tsunami destroyed TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi ... the nation’s 19 NPPs, many other nations have decided to go down the nuclear road, ensuring

  9. 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

  10. 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

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