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...also the perennial issues that the next Administration must deal with, such as the budget and supplemental war funding (which, if McCain wins, will be one of the most contentious measures). Two other annual thorns - Band-Aid fixes for a middle-class tax hike known as the alternative minimum tax and an ever growing increase in fees paid by Medicare to doctors - could see permanent solutions next year, though such moves would require a serious look at the tax code and reforming entitlements, both tall orders. "These are big problems. I think these are core policy issues, and having them...
...more congestion than the typical rush hour), Traffic piles up fact after study after data point into an occasionally mind-numbing heap. Yet several of Vanderbilt's conclusions are eye-opening. Example: "We all think we are better drivers than we are." Propelled onto the road after a minimum of training, most drivers never again receive feedback on their performance unless they are involved in an accident. In terms of traffic engineering, Vanderbilt endorses commonsensical solutions: roundabouts over intersections (they cause drivers to pay more attention), congestion pricing (fewer cars on the road) and the "all-purpose solution to safer...
...flashlights. The two officers apologized to Green's family before Judge George Crockett handed down their punishments -- 12 to 25 years in prison for Nevers, who cannot be paroled before he has served at least nine years and eight months; and eight to 18 years for Budzyn, or a minimum of 6 1/2 years. The officers requested that they be imprisoned out of state to avoid cellblock encounters with inmates they sent to prison in the course of their police work...
Americans overwhelmingly support major government investments to create jobs that won't go offshore--public-works and energy-efficiency projects in particular. They favor new policies that reward hard work, including a boost in the minimum wage, employer-paid family leave and more available, affordable child care. They want new ways to save and invest...
...North American headquarters would remain in St. Louis, and that none of Anheuser's 12 U.S. breweries would be closed. The two brewers say their merger will generate annual savings of $1.5 billion from measures like better managing the supply chain and that layoffs will be kept to a minimum because there is little current overlap between the two businesses...