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California may give Amazon year-long tax reprieve

California lawmakers rushed to write a bill to give Amazon.com Inc a one-year reprieve from collecting certain sales taxes in exchange for dropping its ballot measure campaign to undo the tax, aides said on Thursday.
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2012 Election

GOP Candidates' Debate: The Problem with Numbers

Rick Perry and Mitt Romney battled over jobs creation. Each claimed to have the stronger record and each had the statistics to prove it. Numbers sound good, but they don't mean anything out of context.
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Bachmann Campaign Pressed by Perry, Fundraising

Republican Michele Bachmann's presidential bid is teetering under a challenge from Texas Governor Rick Perry that has created tension within her team and clashes with advisers over fundraising and strategy.
Handout photograph of Pinwheel Galaxy as a supernova (PTF11kly) heads towards peak brightness

Young, Nearby Supernova Dazzles Scientists

California astronomers have found the closest, brightest supernova of its kind in 25 years, catching the glimmer of a tiny self-destructing star a mere 21 million light years from Earth and soon visible to amateur skywatchers.
2012

Factbox: Republican Presidential Candidate Bachmann

Michele Bachmann, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, moved into the top tier of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination last month with her win in the Iowa straw poll, an early test of strength in the 2012 race.
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Republicans Who May Take on Obama in 2012

Republican presidential candidates gather at Ronald Reagan's library in California on Wednesday for the first in a series of debates over the next six weeks that will help define the Republican race.
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California Street Has Costliest Office Rentals: Report

Forget Park Avenue or Fifth Avenue. Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California, is the most expensive street in North America for office renters, according to a report released by real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc on Wednesday.
California Governor Jerry Brown speaks after vetoing the budget passed the day before by state legislators in Los Angeles

California Governor OKs Bill for Minibonds

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that drops the minimum face value on the state's general obligation debt to $25 from $1,000 to help sell minibonds to retail investors, his office said in a statement on Wednesday.
The cast of ''The Real Housewives of New York City'' present an award during the 2011 TV Land Awards in New York

Russell Armstrong Sober at Time of Death: Coroner

Russell Armstrong, the husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong, was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs when he committed suicide, authorities said on Wednesday.

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