Thursday, December 17, 2009

SPB News for Thursday



Obama 'sends letter to Kim Jong-il'

Used GOP voter database to stalk female grad student, criminal complaint alleges.

Madam: If Spitzer runs, I will too

Roy E. Disney Passes Away
Disney passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 16, after a battle with cancer, a spokesman for Disney's company Shamrock Holdings told the Los Angeles Times.

Pittsburgh Sets Vote on Adding Tax on Tuition --Tax would be first of its kind in nation The mayor of Pittsburgh calls it the "Fair Share Tax." But to officials at the city’s 10 colleges and universities and many of their 100,000 students, it is anything but. On Wednesday, the City Council is expected to give preliminary approval to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s proposal for a 1 percent tuition tax on students attending college in Pittsburgh, which he says will raise $16.2 million in annual revenue that is needed to pay pensions for retired city employees.

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