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California Dems eye Internet tax in budget plan

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Democratic lawmakers in California trying to pass a state budget by a Wednesday deadline are considering forcing Internet retailers like Amazon.com to collect sales taxes, cuts at universities and one-time accounting moves to help close a deficit of about $10 billion.
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Google to finance residential solar projects

Google Inc will finance $280 million of residential solar power systems through a deal with startup SolarCity that is the Internet search giant's largest single clean energy investment to date.
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AMD launches new chips, challenges Intel

Advanced Micro Devices, nearing half a year without a chief executive, is launching new processors aimed at mainstream personal computers and challenging rivals Intel and Nvidia.
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Mildred Baena Gives First Interview

Mildred Baena, the mother of Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child, Joseph, has given her first interview to Hello! Magazine and posed for photos with her son.
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Underwater mission to discover Osama's body in the limelight

59-year old Bill Warren, an eccentric California based diver has announced a rather ambitious plan to conduct an underwater mission to recover the body of Osama Bin Laden. Warren is currently gathering resources to scour the North Arabian sea bed which has an estimated surface area of four million square kilometers.
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HP shakes up managers, aims at China, India

Hewlett-Packard Co moved a veteran executive onto its board and announced the departure of two senior officers in a major ongoing management shake-up, and put new focus on China and India.
Over a hundred people protest the upcoming release of former transit officer Johannes Mehserle

Ex-Cop in Oakland Killing Caught on Video Set Free

In a racially charged case, white ex-police officer Johannes Mehserle, whose killing of a 22-year old unarmed black man on a train platform was caught on video from multiple cameras, was released from prison after 11 months.

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