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California to end food stamp fingerprinting

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Low-income Californians will no longer need to be fingerprinted when they apply for food stamp assistance, under legislation signed into law on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown.
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MetLife to Take Up to $275 Mln in 3rd-qtr Charges

MetLife Inc (MET.N), the largest life insurer in the United States, said on Thursday it would take up to $275 million in third-quarter charges, in part to increase reserves for policies where it may know the holder is dead but no claim has been filed.
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Clooney, Gosling shine in Ides of March

Moneyball pushes the theory that baseball games aren't won by the best players but rather by those who can just consistently get on base. And now comes The Ides of March to remind us that nothing in politics -- not ideas, not image, not intelligence -- matters as much as winning elections.
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Arabs embrace Steve Jobs and the Syrian connection

While the world mourned the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs in California, many Syrians were quick to claim the computer genius as one of their own on Thursday through a little-known connection to his biological father.
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Apple Fans Across the World Mourn Steve Jobs

When Apple announced the death of its co-founder and Chairman Steve Jobs Wednesday afternoon, friends, rivals, colleagues and even the President all responded swiftly to pay tribute and express sadness.
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Steve Jobs Death: Syrians Claim Apple Co-Founder as One of Their Own

While many learned of Steve Jobs' death on one of his technologically revolutionary inventions, Syrians were quick to claim the Apple co-founder as one of their own, despite only recently discovering that, because of a Syrian-born biological father, Jobs was connected to their homeland.

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