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Proposed offshore wind farms face hurricane risk, study says

By MARK COLLETTE, Scripps Howard News Service

Mother feels cheated by missing-child group

By NORMAND GARCIA, Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Candidates bail out on CNN's debate

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

Film: 'Deadline' rolls out media-savvy story to Southern audiences

By CAROLYN CERBIN, Scripps Howard News Service

Kelley: Before Jeremy Lin, the NBA had Billy Ray Bates

By STEVE KELLEY, The Seattle Times

Viagra may help kids with rare, disfiguring disease, study shows

By ERIN ALLDAY, San Francisco Chronicle

Young Haitian women learn to be more assertive

By TOBY SIMON, The Providence Journal

Which tax bracket are you in? It depends

By JON CHAVEZ, Toledo Blade

Obama at restaurant that still serves banned shark fin

By CARLA MARINUCCI, San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: Feds don't want you driven to distraction

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

Radioactive contamination found in breathing tubes

By FRANK MUNGER, Scripps Howard News Service

Parker: Liberals' recent victories fuel Santorum surge

By STAR PARKER, Scripps Howard News Service

Major Democratic campaign donor sours on Obama

By CARLA MARINUCCI and JOE GARIFOLI, San Francisco Chronicle

TV: 'Downton Abbey' closes out second season ... Channel surfing

By ROB OWEN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Avoid college debt that deflates dreams; plan early

By AMY MCCONNELL SCHAARSMITH, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Websites help consumers navigate college options

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tuned: Mark Lanegan's blues ... Roberta Flack ... Band of Skulls

By CHUCK CAMPBELL, Scripps Howard News Service

Red Sox have put September collapse behind them before

By BRIAN MACPHERSON, The Providence Journal

Walters: Endless infighting plagues Calif. government

By DAN WALTERS, Sacramento Bee

ADVISORY: Stamping Out Fraud package from SHNS

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By TOM BARNES, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

What goes up in recession? Try liquor sales

The ongoing, depressing economic conditions seem to be driving more Pennsylvanians to drink.
Sales at the state-owned Liquor Control Board stores have been rising in recent years, board officials told a state house panel Wednesday, even though the number of wine and spirits stores in the system has been going down.

In Pennsylvania, fears of "fashion police" at polls

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- On Nov. 4, could poll workers become the fashion police?Pennsylvania Republican Party leaders are upset with a state ruling that lets election officials in each county to determine whether voters can wear campaign buttons, T-shirts, hats or stickers when they go inside polling places to vote on Nov. 4.

Smokers may be out of luck at casinos

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Anti-smoking forces that want Pennsylvania casinos to be smoke-free are on the verge of getting a big lift from an unexpected source -- casinos in Atlantic City.

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Taxing Times

Paying taxes unites us. It also divides us. People can pay five and even six times more in state and local taxes than other folks in similar circumstances making similar incomes.

Taxes unify Americans, but rates vary by state

Identity Theft

Who's got your number?

In one of the fastest-growing forms of identity theft, crooks are stealing tax refunds by swiping personal information and using it to trick the Internal Revenue Service.

Lawmaker offers anti-ID theft law to foil crooks who profit off dead children