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CALIFORNIA VOTERS NARROWLY REJECT NEW TOBACCO TAX

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California Tobacco Tax Trails By Razorthin Margin

Two weeks after the California primary, a closely-watched effort to impose a new tax on tobacco in the nation's most populous state remains too close to call.The secretary of state reports that with

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Vietnam Law Bans Smoking In Public

Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday.The law, passed by 440 out of 468 national assembly deputies on Monday, also makes it

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Missing Florida Millionaire May Be Alive And 'Suffering From Psychosis'

Troubled millionaire Guma Aguiar who disappeared at sea may be alive and in a "delusional state or be suffering from psychosis," according to a legal document obtained by ABC News and filed by

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Eye Diseases Linked To Age Increasingly SharplyStudy

Americans are facing a sharp increase in eye diseases as they pass 40, two reports conclude. The numbers suggest a big hike during the last decade in those who experienced vision impairment and

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Gov Dems Announce Deal On Remaining CA Budget

Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders reached agreement Thursday to finalize California's budget.The plan protects education, permanently reforms welfare and includes tough ongoing cuts, Brown said

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Gov Democrats Reach Deal On Remaining CA Budget

Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders have struck an agreement on remaining cuts to California's budget, people with direct knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press on condition of

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Nuclear Plant Scare Explosives Found In Sweden

Swedish officials have raised security levels at the country's nuclear power plants after a small amount of explosives, without its detonator, was discovered at one of the plants during a routine

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ProObama Super PAC Narrows Fundraising Gap In May

The outside "Super PAC" helping U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign raised $8 million in May and so far in June, marking its best months ever as it tries to catch up to deep-pocketed

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Meet Marijuana's SemiFamous Superdonors

As political causes go, legalizing pot isn't as glitzy as re-electing Barack Obama. Sarah Jessica Parker and George Clooney are not on marijuana's A-list.But with marijuana initiatives on state

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Facebook To Pay 10 Million To Settle Suit

Facebook Inc has agreed to pay $10 million to charity to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users' rights to control the use of their own names, photographs and likenesses, according

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Mexico Captures Suspected Son Of Most Wanted Drug Lord

Mexico said on Thursday it has captured a man it believes is a son of the country's most wanted man, drug lord Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman.The Mexican Navy captured Jesus Alfredo Guzman in the western

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Kemp Hopes To Be Healthy For AllStar Game

Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp still is optimistic about playing in the All-Star game next month in Kansas City — as long as he's sure he will be healthy for the stretch run with NL West-leading Los

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Japan Zoo Hunts Squirrels That Fled In Typhoon

Zookeepers in Japan were Thursday hunting a group of squirrels that made a break for freedom under cover of a powerful typhoon.About 30 of the bushy-tailed creatures saw their chance when typhoon

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Mystery Mini Space Shuttle X37B Lands In California

The mysterious unmanned mini-space shuttle on a classified mission has finally returned to earth.It landed early Saturday morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after weather conditions

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Graphic Cig Pack Labels Make Smokers Think Study Finds

FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Graphic warning labels on cigarette packages boost the likelihood that people will think about the health risks associated with smoking, a new study has

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Vietnam Law Bans Smoking In Public

Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday.The law, passed by 440 out of 468 national assembly deputies on Monday, also makes it

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Advocates Sue NYC Police Over Marijuana Arrests

A legal aid group sued the New York City Police Department on Friday, saying officers had illegally arrested thousands of people for small quantities of concealed marijuana instead of issuing them

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Exclusive US To Slap Terrorist Label On Nigerian Militants

The U.S. government is expected to formally apply a "foreign terrorist" label on Thursday to three alleged leading figures of the violent Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, officials said.The action

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Gov Dems Announce Deal On Remaining CA Budget

Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders reached agreement Thursday to finalize California's budget.The plan protects education, permanently reforms welfare and includes tough ongoing cuts, Brown said

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Gov Democrats Reach Deal On Remaining CA Budget

Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders have struck an agreement on remaining cuts to California's budget, people with direct knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press on condition of

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All 5 Romney Sons Make A LateNight Appearance

All five Romney brothers - Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and Craig - made a rare public appearance together Wednesday evening in an even rarer venue: late-night television.On "Conan," all five of

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Ethics Problems Lose Edge As Reelection Issue

Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan is fighting off a congressional ethics investigation linked to a former business partner and campaign donations. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is battling a charge of

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Cameroon Battle To Overcome Minnows In African Cup

Cameroon took 81 minutes to score at home against minnows Guinea-Bissau Saturday and ensure progress in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition.France-based striker Benjamin Moukandjo

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Settlers Suspected In West Bank Mosque Vandalism

A West Bank mosque was set on fire on Tuesday and graffiti on its walls raised suspicion settlers carried out the attack in anger over plans to remove 30 settler families from a disputed

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Marco Rubio Says He Would Come To The US Illegally If He Had To

Marco Rubio. (Alan Diaz/AP)Hypothetically, if Sen. Marco Rubio were not an American citizen and could not provide food for his family, he says he would cross the border illegally to come to the

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California Voters Reject Raising Tobacco Tax

California voters narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have added a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes in the state's primary election Tuesday, an outcome observers attributed to a $47 million

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Spain PM Brushes Off IMF Austerity Advice For Now

Spain will not immediately implement the International Monetary Fund's latest recommendations, which include cutting government workers' wages further, because they are nonbinding advice, the prime

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IMF Spain Should Raise Taxes To Reduce Deficit

Spain should raise taxes and cut government workers' pay to narrow its budget deficit, the International Monetary Fund said Friday.The international lending group said that Spain's deficit is likely

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