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Local economy recovering slowly | economy, local, recovering – Victorville Daily Press The Inland Empire gained 17,800 jobs in the first two months of this year compared to the same period in 2011, according to keynote speaker John Husing, a chief economist at the Inland Empire Economic Partnership. And that happened without additional construction jobs, [...]

Maybe it is because 2012 is an election year. Or maybe it is just people hoping that the economic collapse will motivate some elected officials (usually politicians who are members of party X or Y) to finally do their jobs. All I know is that a lot of people seem to think that this candidate [...]

It seems like the campaigns just ended. Now they are once again revving up to spew out garbage into the eyes and ears of the American people. So let us prepare for another eighteen months of this. But let us also start revealing some truths that politicians like to obscure: Education Federal funds for education [...]

Historically, people did not expect a lot from their national governments. There were occasionally devastating events which outstripped the ability of individuals, families, and their personal connections to deal with them. Such events were usually responded to in limited fashion by local or regional governments. Because of transportation and communication issues, national governments were viewed [...]

Left and right united in opposition to controversial SCOTUS decision – Yahoo! News A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that the vast majority of Americans are vehemently opposed to a recent Supreme Court ruling that opens the door for corporations, labor unions, and other organizations to spend money directly from their general funds to [...]

Federal judges on Friday seemed unwilling to accept the FCC’s argument for censuring Comcast after it was discovered in 2008 to be throttling or slowing down file-sharing traffic on its Internet connections, according to a story published by The Wall Street Journal. “You can’t get an unbridled, roving commission to go about doing good,” the [...]

AARP backs Democrats in Senate health care fight With a Senate showdown looming, the politically potent AARP rode to the rescue of Democrats on Wednesday, supporting $460 billion in Medicare cuts to help pay for landmark health insurance legislation. As Republicans pressed to restore the cuts, AARP said Democrats merely were recommending elimination of waste [...]

Let Kids Sleep Late on Weekends to Fight Fat: Study – Yahoo! News Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers in Hong Kong found that children who got less sleep tended to be heavier (as measured by body mass index, or [...]

President Obama wants to Extend School Year Peppi is worried that more kids would drop out instead of staying in school. “We don’t want that,” Peppi says. “We’re trying to put back in to school. To stay out of poverty and hopefully keep the college rates going up.” George says there’s one positive to President [...]

Wow! Even a cheerleader like Robert Scoble is starting to doubt that California is the promised land. This is big news. Scobleizer: Technology, innovation, and geek enthusiasm » Blog Archive Is California setup for a brain drain? « But that’s just my stories. For California as a whole I’m sensing that the whole state is [...]