Ballot initiatives fuel moneyed influence across states
Voters decide ballot questions as donors and firms spend big to secure signatures. Gov Paul Cellucci backed a tax cut via paid petition drives, while magnates like Paul Allen and George Soros bankroll initiatives in California Massachusetts and beyond. Critics warn of money outweighing legislatures and call for limits on signature gathering and spending.
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Ballot questions across states on taxes, health, and bans
The AP lists ballot questions for this year across states. Alaska considers property tax cuts and medical marijuana. Arizona toy settlement funds for health programs and bilingual education ban. California school vouchers and expanded drug treatment.
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Ballot questions set to test voters this fall across states
A wave of proposed measures targets animal rights and traps, drug law reform, medical marijuana, and mandatory treatment. Other items push school funding, bilingual education limits, nonprofit hospital sales, tobacco tax rollbacks, and tax credits for tolls. State officials and legislatures weigh these initiatives for the fall ballot.
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L L Bean opens first suburban store near Tysons Corner
L L Bean plans a new brick and mortar store in Tysons Corner Virginia as part of a broader East Coast expansion including sites in New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania. The Freeport Maine store attracts 3.5 million visitors annually and the Tysons location aims to convert catalog shoppers into mall patrons.
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Beatles Top VH1 list marks Ed Sullivan debut as rock TV moment
A VH1 Entertainment Weekly ranking names the Beatles Ed Sullivan Stage appearance in 1964 as rock on TV's biggest moment, drawing an estimated 73 million viewers. Elvis Comeback, SNL, and Motown 25 appearances follow. Beatles appear seven times on the list with Madonna and Michael Jackson each five. VH1 plans five one hour specials starting July 31.
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Top Moments in TV and Music History Highlights
A compact timeline recounts NBCs 1968 top moments in broadcasting, MTVs 1975 launch with Video Killed the Radio Star, Motown 25s Michael Jackson moonwalk in 1983, The Who and We Are the World recording after 1968 events, with notable 1956 and 1985 markers.
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U S foreign policy expert John Campbell dies at 88
Cohasset Mass AP John Coert Campbell a former State Department policy planning council member and Middle East Eastern Europe affairs author died July 16 at his Cohasset home. He advised the State Department 1963 to 1980 and served on the Near East panel in the 1960s.
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