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Common Sense: Late to Bed, Early to Rise

How much do you sleep a night? Seven hours? Eight hours? A lot more? A lot less? The reason why I ask is because of a story in USA Today that purports to show the nation’s leading CEO’s get hardly any sleep at all. One guy, we’re told, is lucky …

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Presidential Commission Mulls New Cigarette Tax

A presidential commission on tobacco wants to boost cigarette taxes by 17 cents a pack — a 50-percent increase — to pay farmers to stop growing tobacco. The commission, created last September by President Clinton and made up of tobacco growers, anti-smoking advocates and economic development experts, released a report …

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The Immigration Bill Goes Down in the Senate

The immigration bill goes down in the Senate. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” The failure of the bill was not a partisan issue, 15 Senate Democrats joined 37 Republicans in driving a stake through the plan. Many politicians are down right scared of the folks …

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