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Hiking Trails in San Diego

San Diego is a buzzing commercial and urban center, but the city's incredible climate and beautiful sights, as well as its proximity to a gorgeous coastline, make it ideal for outdoor activities. Not only is the month of May Great Outdoors Month, but ...

From MICHAEL BAKER, Associated Content,  7 May 2009

Unemployment Benefits in California

Under California law, unemployed citizens who qualify are entitled to receive unemployment benefits for a period of time (generally no more than 18 months). The benefits include money to support the unemployed person during the period  of unemployment ...

From MICHAEL BAKER, Associated Content,  7 May 2009

Mini-Golf in San Diego, California

Summer is approaching, and what better activity for a sunny San Diego day than miniature golf? With such beautiful weather, San Diego has a variety of locations that offer outdoor fun, and thus plenty of prime spots for enjoying  a round on mini-golf. ...

From MICHAEL BAKER, Associated Content,  6 May 2009

Hog farmers hurt by name of virus

DES MOINES, Iowa — Like the virus itself, the name "swine flu" is spreading quickly. For the pork purveyors and hog farmers who make up the nation's $15 billion pork industry, that's a disaster. It doesn't seem to matter that the strain may not come ...

From MIKE BAKER AND MICHAEL J. CRUMB ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  28 Apr 2009

A quick rescue kept death toll at zero

The police divers found two women, going limp, with minutes to live in the frigid waters between New York and New Jersey. "They were lethargic," said one of the divers, Detective Michael Delaney. "They were no help whatsoever. Their extremities were ...

From MICHAEL WILSON AND AL BAKER, International Herald Tribune,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: US Airways,  Michael Bloomberg

Police Union Criticizes Effort to Cut Pension Benefit

It is as ingrained a catchphrase for city police officers as “New York’s Finest.” It is “20 and out,” and officers know it means if they have 20 years on the job, they can retire with a full pension. Gov. David A. Paterson’s proposal to extend that ...

From MICHAEL WILSON AND AL BAKER, The New York Times,  17 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Patrick J. Lynch

Obama moves fast to fill top administration posts

CHICAGO: The call summoning him was somewhat cryptic. Only after General James Jones showed up in a hotel suite for a one-on-one meeting with Barack Obama did it become clear what was going on. Would Jones be interested in a senior national security ...

From PETER BAKER AND MICHAEL COOPER, International Herald Tribune,  5 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  General James L Jones,  George W. Bush,  White House,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

Obama and McCain clash over taxes

John McCain with his wife, Cindy, and former U.S. Congressman Jack Kemp at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio, Monday. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) PITTSBURGH: Senator Barack Obama, making what aides called the "closing argument" of his campaign, declared on ...

From PETER BAKER AND MICHAEL COOPER, International Herald Tribune,  28 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  Jack Kemp,  U.S. Democratic Party

Police Criticized for Student Arrests

New York City police officers wrongly arrested more than 300 students who were under the age of 16 for minor offenses over a three-year period in city schools, the New York City Civil Liberties Union said this week in a letter to Police Commissioner ...

From MICHAEL WILSON AND AL BAKER, The New York Times,  9 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Raymond W. Kelly

Suspicious Fire in Queens Claims Fourth Victim

A fourth person has died as a result of a suspicious fire in Queens on Sunday. The man, William Salazar, 31, a tenant in the building who was critically injured in the fire, died on Thursday at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital. On Sunday, ...

From MICHAEL WILSON AND AL BAKER, The New York Times,  20 Jun 2008

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