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Washington Post to pay dividend early

Source: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia), Dec 7 2012, 4:04pm CST

WASHINGTON — The Washington Post Co. will pay its 2013 dividends before the end of this year to try to spare investors from anticipated tax increases. The media and education company said Friday that its dividend of $9.80 per share is payable Dec. 27 to ...

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Obama: Nation must do more for fallen heroes

Source: Detroit News Online  |   May 25 2013, 3:29pm CDT

Washington — President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the country must care for the loved ones the fallen leave behind. He says th ...

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Are You Focused on the Right Tax Scandal?

Source: Daily Finance  |   May 25 2013, 8:44am CDT

If you've had your TV on or a newspaper or news website open in recent weeks, you've likely heard about a big scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service. It seems that the IRS has been taking a closer look at certain cons ...

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CEOs storm Washington

Source: The Politico  |   May 25 2013, 5:59am CDT

Once it might have taken a subpoena to get a CEO to participate in the public shame ritual of a televised Senate hearing. This week Apple CEO Tim Cook volunteered. Continue Reading That’s how much CEO attitudes have changed about playing the Washington ...

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19 hours ago

Republican student loan bill passes US House

Source: Deseret News  |   May 24 2013, 9:29pm CDT

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a Republican proposal to tie interest rates on student loans to the government’s cost of borrowing on May 23, the Washington Post reported. The proposal got throug ...

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KRAUTHAMMER:: There’s a fly in my soup – The Washington Post

Source: Snow Report Blog  |   May 24 2013, 6:22pm CDT

“Horrible customer service.” That’s what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency’s only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor. ...

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Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Source: FindLaw: AP Professional News  |   May 24 2013, 5:38pm CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Haynes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. In a state ...

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Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Source: The State  |   May 24 2013, 5:31pm CDT

WASHINGTON — The Washington Post is reporting that Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Haynes Johnson has died. He was 81. Johnson was awarded a Pulitzer in 1966 for reporting on the civil rights struggle in Sel ...

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Week In Politics: Obama And Drone Strikes

Source: NPR  |   May 24 2013, 4:16pm CDT

Melissa Block speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times . They discuss highlights from the national security speech delivered by Pre ...

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Republican leaders press Obama to meet with border enforcement union

Source: United Press International  |   May 24 2013, 3:17pm CDT

WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- Two Republican legislators criticized President Barack Obama in a letter for failing to meet with unionized immigration and customs officers. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Sen. Jeff Sessions , R- ...

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Haynes Johnson, longtime Washington Post journalist, dies at 81

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 24 2013, 2:19pm CDT

Haynes Johnson, a longtime Washington Post journalist, who won a Pulitzer Prize for civil rights coverage in the 1960s and later chronicled the politics and gamesmanship of the capital, died May 24 at Suburban Hospital in ...

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