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The Phil Mickelson effect: Do millionaires flee states with high taxes? (+video)
Golfer Phil Mickelson said he might move to Florida after California raised tax rates on the wealthy. Studies looking into tax flight have come to mixed conclusions.
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Ballot measures: What message did America send on Election Day? (+video)
American voters rejected ballot measures at a higher rate than usual – suggesting voter fatigue – but two big liberal social issues - legalizing marijuana and same-sex marriage - made historic headway.
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Prop 37: Safer food or invitation for lawsuits?
Prop 37: The California ballot initiative would require genetically modified food to be labeled. But critics say Prop 37 invites lawsuits against food producers and grocery stores.
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Jerry Brown tax hike suddenly on the ropes. Does he have time to save it?
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, support for Jerry Brown's tax hike has plunged below 50 percent in two polls. If it fails, $6 billion in automatic cuts kick in.
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Focus Are ballot initiatives broken? California offers clues
Do ballot initiatives put power in the hands of the voters, or are they another tool for special interests to dominate politics? California's experiences – both good and bad – make it an important laboratory for 'direct democracy.'
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California's dueling tax hikes: 'Nightmare' ahead?
California Gov. Jerry Brown has asked voters to approve Proposition 30, a tax hike that he says will save the state from fiscal disaster. But another tax plan on the ballot could muddy the waters.
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Focus A lot riding on California dream of high-speed rail
California is moving ahead with a massive high-speed rail project, with construction of the first link set to begin early next year. The project could put the state in the vanguard of a transportation revolution – but is it more a dream than reality?
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Why Jerry Brown's budget gambit may backfire with California voters
Gov. Jerry Brown and fellow Democrats got halfway to closing California's budget deficit by cutting. They hope voters will opt to raise taxes come November to cover the rest. But the political winds may be blowing against them, analysts say.
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The Entrepreneurial Mind Accidental entrepreneurs a side effect of a weak economy
The number of accidental entrepreneurs, who started businesses after finding themselves unemployed and unable to find work, has doubled over the rate found before the recession began (from 9 percent to 18 percent). And a good chunk of those are struggling to make end's meet.
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California primary: First step toward recasting American politics?
California held its first open, nonpartisan primary Tuesday. Low turnout notwithstanding, the results suggest that the new format boosted moderate candidates.
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Jerry Brown's Waterloo Station? California high-speed rail takes a new hit.
A congressional committee says it will investigate federal funding for California's embattled high-speed rail project. California Gov. Jerry Brown's continued support is making him an increasingly lonely voice.
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Can Facebook IPO help solve a state budget crisis?
The Facebook IPO could bring California as much as $500 million in tax revenues from capital gains. Depending on whom you talk to, that's a significant help or a drop in the bucket.
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Honda hybrid lawsuit: Are new mileage labels misleading?
Honda hybrid promised 50 miles per gallon. But as batteries age, the true mileage drops. A new lawsuit argues that that makes Honda hybrid labels misleading?
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Opinion: For more innovation at colleges, push faculty to live near campus
Like coral reefs, universities function at their highest capacity when there are many organisms milling about and exchanging information in close proximity. Colleges should build incentives for professors to live on or close to the campus reef.
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Opinion: With DADT out of the way, Harvard and military make a great couple
With Harvard welcoming the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) back to campus, the debate over ROTC's place at elite universities roils on. But here is an opportunity to show that the American military and top colleges have a critical partnership that benefits them both – and the US.
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Did the son of Equatorial Guinea's leader really try to buy a $380 million yacht called 'Zen?'
Teodorin Obiang, son of the President of Equatorial Guinea, tried to buy the world's second most expensive yacht, according to Global Witness, an anticorruption advocacy group in London.
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Gay marriage fight isn't over in California, activists vow
Legal challenges ensue in federal court, and plans are afoot for a 2010 ballot measure to undo Proposition 8.
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California's top court upholds Prop. 8 ban on same-sex marriage
The court says the measure only takes away the term 'marriage' – not a gay couple's legal rights. The ruling also preserves 18,000 marriages that took place before the ban.
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Iowa's top court brings gay marriage to America's heartland
The unanimous ruling held that the state's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional.
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Catholic groups fear abortion rights bill
But it's unclear if the Freedom of Choice Act imperils a doctor's right not to perform the procedure.
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Gay activists protest Mormon church
Beyond the anger over the church's support for a gay-marriage ban in California, some seek dialogue.
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California votes down same-sex marriage
Voters in Florida and Arizona also approved similar bans in a setback for the gay rights movement.
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Can antiabortion Catholics support Obama? Some do.
Several conservative bishops counter that candidates’ stands on abortion should be the litmus test.
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Opinion: Call the bluff on campaign fluff
Remember: Every policy promise includes a trade-off.
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California high court overturns gay marriage ban
Thursday's ruling makes it the second state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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