Battle over the Beer Tax Gains Steam in Congress
U S brewers press lawmakers to cut the beer tax in half arguing it is regressive while MADD warns of more underage drinking and traffic deaths. Industry figures say the 1990 rate hike remains and could cost about 1.6 billion annually if rolled back.
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Jane
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Suitland
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Marshman
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Michael Brophy
White House
Jeff Becker
The
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D-Wis
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Miller Brewing
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Millie I. Webb
Sible
National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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EU expansion hit by Irish vote and street clashes in Goteborg
Rioters clashed with police as EU leaders met in Goteborg. Two shot and hospitalized amid anti EU protests. Ireland rejected the Nice treaty by 54 to 46 but leaders say enlargement timetable remains intact. Prime Minister Bertie Ahern pledges national reflection while ratification hinges on all 15 members.
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European Union
Annika Hedelin
Immedi
Aeighbors
Ireland
Nice
Bertie Ahern
Ahern
Rioting Surrounds Swedish Summit Forcing Dinner Move
Demonstrators totaling about 25,000 clashed with police as a small minority sparked violence lasting over an hour in a Swedish port city. 27 protesters and 10 officers were hurt, non life threatening, leading EU leaders to relocate from a parkland to a conference center guarded by police. Schroeder vowed to pursue rioters with full force of law.
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Gerhard Schroeder
Ichabe
San Jose tech workers join ranks of the sheltered homeless
In Silicon Valley dot com busts, formerly high earners like Mike Schlenz and John Sacrosante join the ranks of shelter residents at InnVision facilities. With unemployment rising to 4.2 percent in San Francisco and 3.2 percent in Santa Clara County, many trained savers live on modest aid while rent soars around 1,800 dollars monthly.
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John Sacrosante
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Robbie Reinhart
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Santa Clara County
Reinhart
Santa Clara
Ilene Philipson
Center For Working Families
University of California At Berkeley
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