New Mexico Faces Record Pension Costs and Tax Strain
New Mexico ranks ninth nationally in pension tax burden with households paying over 2000 annually. Analysts Novy Marx and Rauh challenge 8 percent return assumptions, arguing higher current costs and potential migration could worsen state finances.
Editorial on Norway attack shows limits of lessons learned
The piece argues Breivik was an obsessive extremist with a prosperous liberal background, making mass murder hard to predict. It says enforcing strict gun laws is the main takeaway, warns against stifling immigration debate, and notes a free society remains vulnerable to extremists.
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Government discloses suspected war criminals in Canada
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews credited QMI Agency and Sun News Network for posting identities and photographs of 30 men suspected of international war crimes on the Canada Border Services Agency site. Critics say CBSA opposed disclosure citing privacy laws, which Chantal Bernier rejects as irrelevant to public interest.
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Vic Toews
Canada Border Services Agency
QMI Agency
Sun News Network
CBSA
Chantal Bernier
Bernier
Easiest deficit solution rein in regulatory state
The debt ceiling crisis dominates coverage as plans focus on cutting spending or raising taxes. Moody's and S&P want a forward looking fix, while the EPA ozone rule threatens growth with costly offsets and retrofits. The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule adds to regulations hurting future competitiveness.
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Research In Motion
Jeffrey Immelt
China
EPA
U.S
California
Lyme disease tests and symptoms clarified by Doonesbury
A reader asks about two Lyme tests and differing accuracy. Doonesbury explains Borrelia burgdorferi transmission by deer ticks, the 48 hour attachment window, and common symptoms including rash joint pain fatigue and neurological signs to help readers recognize the illness.
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DR. Gott
Lyme
California
North America
Bartlett to Receive Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
25 Years Act July 30 1986 Stanley A Bartlett of Santa Barbara will receive the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Aug 15 from the National Court of Honor for the Boy Scouts of America. Bartlett a civil leader and former accounting firm head is the first in central coast California to be honored. He served as a B 29 instructor pilot at Walker AFB Roswell in 1944 45. Roswell Legal Secretaries Association announces new officers for 1986 87 Jo Pendergrass Julia Ann Sealy Claudia Abernathy lead the slate.
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Santa Barbara
National Court of Honor
Boy Scouts of America
Bartlett
Central Coast
California
Mission Council
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
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