Tentative payroll tax cut deal eyed for Obama move
A tentative agreement on renewing a payroll tax cut would extend a 2 percentage point cut through year end, with the cost added to the deficit. Long term unemployment benefits would also be renewed, funded partly by spectrum auctions and higher federal worker pension contributions.
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Douglas County considers senior housing on county land near 25th Street
Douglas County commissioners will hear Tenants to Homeowners proposal to donate a half block of county land behind the United Way site near 25th Street and Cedarwood Avenue for moderately priced senior housing at a 6 35 p m meeting. The plan targets a former nursing home site once eyed for expansion. A separate case reports a Belton man, 21, given five years for the 2009 KU campus robbery with a handgun and required violent offender registration after release. Co defendant Terrance A Dean, 21, Topeka, pleaded to conspiracy with sentencing set for Feb 28.
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Doctor to chat on WellCommons about new Lawrence clinic
Dr. Ryan Neuhofel will host an online chat at 11 a.m. Thursday on WellCommons.com to discuss NeuCare Family Medicine in the Medical Arts Building at 346 Maine. He offers fee-for-service primary care for all ages and may accept barter. questions can be submitted any time for post-chat answers.
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Markets End Lower Across Major Averages
Tuesday trading saw the Dow at 42412.878.28 while the Nasdaq rose 0.44 to 5931.83 and the S P 500 slipped 1.27 to 1350.50. Treasuries edged up, corn fell 6 cents to 6.34, soybeans gained 0.03 to 12.55, and wheat declined 0.0775 to 6.76. Oil dipped 0.17 to 100.74, gold lost 7.20 to 1717.70, silver fell 0.374 to 33.35, and platinum dropped 21.70 to 1628.
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Wealthy colleges lift fundraising as top 20 drive growth
A new survey shows total donations to colleges and universities rose 8.2 percent to 30.3 billion in fiscal 2011. The top 20 institutions supplied 8.2 billion, about 27 percent, with Stanford leading at 709.4 million, followed by Harvard 639.2 million and Yale 580.3 million. Strong medical campuses and research centers anchor most top givers.
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