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• Saverin dumps US citizenship ahead of Facebook IPO
• Italy Economy Contracts Most in Three Years on Recession
• IMF head says Greece could leave euro
• New Jersey April Revenue Collections 5.3% Below Budget Goals
• SNAP faces billions of dollars in cuts
• Shelling out to use Sonoma Coast beaches
• Recession hits "pretty grim" EU states in the east
• Metals Thefts Spike 400 Percent In One County
• Half of college grads working full time, with less pay, deep debt
• Greek Banks See Deposit Withdrawals
• In about-face, Greece pays bond swap holdouts
• Foreign holdings of US debt hit record high
• China faces pressure to reverse economic slump
• Why So Many Ph.D.s Are On Food Stamps
• Student fees increase
• KU proposes tuition hike of nearly 5 percent, effective next fall
• MnSCU proposes tuition increases for St. Cloud State, tech college
• Milliman: Healthcare costs for American family exceed $20,000 in 2012
• Over 55 and jobless, Americans face tough hunt
• Financial Troubles Continue for City of Lincoln
• Kuwait risks exhausting oil savings by 2017 - IMF
• Italy's banks shaken as economic slump deepens

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• Long Term Unemployed Californians' Benefits Will End
• UK nuclear build requires taxpayer rescue
• Mayor Emanuel Pushes Pension Reform In Springfield
• U.S. Millionaires Told Go Away as Tax Evasion Rule Looms
• California’s Revenue $2.44 Billion Below Projection
• Spain Says Treasury Is Only Entity Left Able to Get Funding
• Detroiters, merchants sue owners of blighted properties
• Demolitions leave an urban prairie
• Louisiana colleges will seek a $25-per-credit 'sustainability fee'
• SF teachers set for strike vote amid budget woes
• Local street repair budgets being cut
• Italy facing uphill battle to ratify EU's fiscal compact
• N.J. municipalities guaranteeing more debt of private developers, other towns, Moody's says
• A million more households sink into debt
• Merkel rejects renegotiating fiscal pact after French votes
• Jefferson County Makes Alabamians Suffer Cost Boost: Muni Credit
• Philadelphia Schools Say $94M More From Property Taxes Next Year Won’t Be Enough
• EU hints at further deficit flexibility for Spain
• $83 Million Deficit Projected for Palo Alto
• Beef prices way up and likely to remain high
• Tuition rising 8.5 percent at Miss. universities
• Dallas School District budget includes 2.1 percent tax increase
• Legal battle brewing over camera tickets, towing
• More traffic cameras coming to metropolitan DC area
• Bank of Japan buys record amount of stock ETFs
• Villaraigosa seeks another boost in parking ticket fines
• Chief: Traffic cameras to generate $3 million a year 
• Move to collect school lunch debt stirs controversy

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• Recession means new reality for Netherlands, stalwart economy of euro zone
• Venizelos Says Greece May Be Pushed Out of Eurozone
• ECB Loans Plant Seeds of European Disintegration
• Australia Cuts Rates to Arrest Slump
• Ireland: more austerity if EU treaty rejected
• Long Beach Unified board to vote on ending Head Start
• Atlanta Public Schools Plans To Shed 350 Positions
• One million homeowners hit by £660 a year mortgage rate rise today... and there's more pain on the way
• U.S. Food-Stamp Use Fell to 46.3 Million in February, USDA Says
• NKU tuition to increase $384 per year
• UNC system student health insurance costs to rise
• Fed's Williams-may need QE3 if jobless rate gets stuck
• Town hall focuses on bankruptcy
• San Jose Retirement at 50 Threatens Solvency: Muni Credit
• UN: 50M fewer jobs worldwide since '08
• California added 885K to jobless rolls in a decade

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• Spain presents toughest austerity budget since Franco era
• Medicaid plan would shift $250 million tab to private insurers
• Illinois Taxpayers Penalized by Unpaid-Bill Backlog: Muni Credit
• Backlog Grows As States Treads Water
• Postal Service closings? System faces cash crunch. Again.
• China's Tax Revenue Growth Hits Three-year Low
• Dutch crisis deepens as opposition rejects austerity
• Greek Central Banker Warns Of Greek Euro Exit
• Bank of Ireland Says Mortgage Arrears Increase This Year
• Italy aims to curb evasion with €1000 cash limit
• Detroit Rec Centers On The Chopping Block?
• Rhode Island Pension Cuts Set Chilling Precedents
• Illinois might let schools charge for bus service
• Flint emergency manager unveils budget with fee hikes, public safety layoffs
• Illinois mulling introduction of state-park admission fees
• Greek families forage abroad to stay afloat in crisis
• Debt Collector Is Faulted for Tough Tactics in Hospitals
• U.S. Lost AAA on Danger of Liquidity Crisis: S&P
• Detroit fire plan allows vacant buildings to burn
• Child poverty growing 14 percent in New Jersey
• China's rare earth policy backs Apple into a corner
• Medicare trustee report hangs on uncertain assumptions
• Chart: Pension shortfall in Providence tops $1B at state’s rate

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• Spain threatens 'decisive' action as Argentina moves to nationalize oil firm
• BOE Can Loosen Policy Amid Weak U.K. Growth Outlook, IMF Says
• German public debt rises to record 2.09 trillion euros
• Russia and China boost arms spending, US cuts back
• One million jobs for young people lost since 2007 as Labour is accused of hiding scale of unemployment on its watch
• Budget-battered IRS sinks under workload
• Bank of Spain Questions Budget Forecasts, Calls for Prudence
• Harrisburg School District faces $15.8 million budget shortfall, could cut kindergarten, art and music programs next
• IMF says Italy to miss deficit targets in 2012, 2013
• Georgia college tuition to increase this fall
• IMF tells US to sort out debt, quickly
• Staggering rise of the British food bank: One opens every week after rise in families unable to afford to eat
• Rochelle Riley: Detroit's budget too tight to run November election?
• Study: 21 percent of New Yorkers are living in poverty
• ‘Explosion in Student Debt’ Drags Down Housing: Chart of the Day
• Shortage of gas may hit power producers
• IMF lowers India's growth projection to 6.9%

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• The interest-only mortgage timebomb: Hundreds of thousands struggle to pay their debts prompting fears for the health of the property market
• Plan calls for major cuts to LA county juvenile courts system
• Troubled euro zone states most at risk from high oil
• Potential $50M Property Tax Shortfall Could Lead to L.A. Cuts
• Idahoans work past retirement
• Student-loan debt affecting aging Americans
• Houston County School Lunch Prices May Increase
• Team tells City Council that Seattle can't afford pension plan
• Green Energy Strains Rare Earth Supply
• Iran cuts oil to Spain ahead of nuclear talks
• CalSTRS' unfunded liability rises 13%, funding ratio falls to 69.4%
• Spain and EU reject talk of bailout

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• Spanish unemployment hits record high, adds to deficit woes
• Spain warns of soaring debt
• Greece's debt-to-GDP to rise to 170% - Fitch
• Irish Fiscal Panel:May Need More Cuts To Reach Target
• Italy minister rules out further austerity measures
• Georgetown: Gas prices eat into nonprofits' funding
• Home Prices Seen Dropping 10% in U.S. on Foreclosures: Mortgages
• EU Official: Portugal Could Do Ireland Style Bond Swap
• Portugal’s unemployment rate expected to have reached record level of 15 pct in February
• Pictures: China's Rare-Earth Minerals Monopoly
• IMF chief calls on US for more cash
• National Debt clock at almost $50,000 per citizen

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• World oil import bill heading for record $2T: IEA
• Turkey Raises Gold Deposit Allocation For Banks To Ease Liquidity Squeeze
• Spain Jan-Feb Budget Deficit At 1.9% Of GDP
• Spanish Economy Enters Second Recession, Bank of Spain Says
• Spain risks years without economic growth
• Netherlands euro ‘core’ status in peril
• Woonsocket budget showdown
• Another credit agency drops Providence's rating closer to junk-bond status
• Why college students stop short of a degree
• Fitch: Portuguese Banks Still On "Shaky Ground"
• Fitch Sees Portugal Econ Contracting More, Target Risks
• Spain to lift power prices 5% to 7% in April: aide
• New Head of Philadelphia Schools Blames Previous Board For Huge Shortfalls
• Thousands riot over fuel prices
• Denver targets illegal camping; critics call it a bid to criminalize homelessness
• Secrets to paying for college
• Greek Rectors Sound the Alarm: Universities Are at Stake due to PSI Cuts
• Stockton Gets Ratings Cut by Moody’s as Bankruptcy Option Looms
• Bernanke: Fed Was 'Helpless' In Lehman Failure
• Providence Bankruptcy Seen as Unavoidable on Budget Gap

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• Fed’s Bond Portfolio Generates $75.4 Billion for U.S. Treasury
• Cal State Freezes Spring Enrollment
• Austerity budgets in Ottawa, Ontario raise risk of labour unrest
• Gas prices may impact county budgets
• Enterprising thieves steal X-ray film to extract silver
• Portugal Municipal Debts May Total 12 Billion Euros, Lusa Says
• India Inc stressed: Debt recast zooms to Rs 76,251 cr in 2011-12
• Junction City asks state help on debt load
• Sen. Franken presses for crackdown on oil speculators
• Baby boomer joblessness lasts longer, hits harder
• IMF sees $160 oil risk despite Libyan boost
• States' Tax Revenue Growth Softened in 4th Quarter
• Students, Your Loan Interest Rate Is About to Double
• Texas Has Highest Percentage Of Uninsured
• Fort Lauderdale considers adding more red-light cameras
• Bernanke: Gold Standard A 'Waste Of Resources'

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• Georgia Labor Commissioner: Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund In Peril
• ECB margin call deposits hit new record high
• EU Joins U.S., Japan in Challenging China’s Rare-Earth Export Restrictions
• Tokyo says approval won for purchase of Chinese gov't bonds
• Facing $285 million shortfall, DOT looking to borrow
• Rehn rules out Irish delay in €3.1bn bank debt repayment
• Soaring Target2 Imbalances Stoke German Risk Angst: Euro Credit
• Greek Students Fight Stray Dogs and Despair Amid College Cuts
• Spanish Underlying Inflation Slows as Economy Contracts
• More austerity needed in Greece: EU/IMF
• Economic malaise forces Belgium to extend austerity
• Spain looks to cut health, education costs next
• L.A. school board to consider millions of dollars in budget cuts
• Major Budget Cuts Projected For Long Beach City College
• Budget Cuts Could Cost Arlington, Falls Church Half Their Circuit Court Judges
• National Weather Service facing possible budget cuts
• Westerville Proposes Increased Pay-To-Play Fees
• Fees to drive in Ontario about to rise
• Cutting roads repair budget will cost taxpayer more, MPs warn
• Illinois Offers Attractive Yields In $500 Mln Muni Deal
• Spain Deficit Decision Sparks Austria Appeal
• AAA: More People Changing Driving Habits In Response To Gas Prices
• More than 800,000 Oregonians received food stamp benefits in January
• CalPERS cuts assumed returns, but not by much
• Fed holds rates, says inflation rise is temporary
• Retirement scare: 60 percent of workers have less than $25,000
• Toilet paper crisis in New Jersey's capital city
• Mayor's speed cameras would help political ally
• CBO: Deficit estimate for 2012 hiked to $1.2T after payroll tax cut, jobless benefits

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