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Long-term unemployed face stigma from prospective employers

By JOHN MURAWSKI, Raleigh News and Observer

Democrats see California as powerful political cash cow

By CARLA MARINUCCI, San Francisco Chronicle

Mormon church apologizes for baptisms of Wiesenthal's dead parents

By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK, Salt Lake Tribune

Alexander: Young Garvey realizes dad Steve knows best

By JIM ALEXANDER, The Press-Enterprise

TV: Increasingly leaving older actors -- and audiences -- behind

By ERIC DEGGANS, Tampa Bay Times

Jenkins: John McEnroe still sharp, even a bit of a cutup

By BRUCE JENKINS, San Francisco Chronicle

Kroichick: Tiger Woods unlikely to return to Pebble Beach tourney

By RON KROICHICK, San Francisco Chronicle

Profile: Apolo Anton Ohno skates around issue of another Olympic bid

By MICHAEL C. LEWIS, Salt Lake Tribune

Comics: 'Manara Library' volumes are flat-out gorgeous

By ANDREW A. SMITH, Scripps Howard News Service

Walters: Tax measures tripping up Gov. Jerry Brown

By DAN WALTERS, Sacramento Bee

Niche marketing has come to Internet matchmaking

By BARBARA BRADLEY, Scripps Howard News Service

Editorial: Obama budget lays down battle lines for fall

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

Video: James Cagney's 1932 flick 'Taxi' is quite a ride

By MICK LASALLE, San Francisco Chronicle

Dear TripAdvisor: Claustrophobic without cabin window

By LESLEY CARLIN, TripAdvisor.com

'Southern Discomfort' a tour through early African-American foodways

By GRETCHEN McKAY, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

What's for dinner: No-Bean Beef Chili

By GRETCHEN McKAY, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Braise a ruckus this weekend

By DANIEL NEMAN, Toledo Blade

Historic gold town Yreka, Calif., loses treasures to thieves

By PETER HECHT, Sacramento Bee

Editorial: Valentine's Day, another Western menace

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

By SANDI GENOVESE, DIY Network

Giving thanks for kids' crafts

Once Halloween is past, it seems like just the blink of an eye until Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah are upon us. If you're lucky, these holidays will bring lots of family and friends to your home.

Storage solutions for crafters

Everyone I know is trying to find enough time in the day to get everything done and still carve out a little time to express their creativity. Unfortunately, it's all about time. Whether you're a scrapbooker, card maker, quilter or painter; organization is key.

Create a scrapbook with your birthday photos

Most of us begin taking boat loads of photos with the birth of a baby. Over the years our cameras generally take a back seat to more useful tools like vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers but come out of the closet for special events like the "birth" day where it all started. The result? Tons of birthday photos.

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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