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L.A. Mayor Won't Have to Testify in Urban Garden Case

LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other city officials won’t have to testify in a trial challenging the city’s sale of a 14-acre garden that was reclaimed by the landowner and bulldozed last week amid protests. The plaintiffs had subpoenaed Villaraigosa and nearly a dozen members of the city …

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Congress to Debate Rules For States Taxing Businesses

WASHINGTON – States and cities could eventually lose $3 billion a year if Congress prohibits them from taxing companies that earn income in their states but do business without local employees or offices. The House expects to debate a bill Tuesday mandating that businesses have at least one employee in …

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Attacks on Yemen Oil Plants Kill 5 Days After Zawahiri Threatens Region

SAN`A, Yemen – Suicide bombers tried to strike two oil facilities in Yemen with explosives-packed cars, but authorities foiled the attacks and four bombers and a security guard were killed, the government said Friday. The attempts came ahead of this week’s presidential elections, in which President Ali Abdullah Saleh faces …

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