Pennsylvania ends shutdown as budget stalemate ends
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SCRANTON, Pennsylvania  - Pennsylvania ended a partial shutdown of state services late on Monday after lawmakers cleared the way for Gov. Ed Rendell to sign a budget more than a week after the start of the new fiscal year.
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In public, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had done nothing to suppress her frustration as she assented to funding the Iraq war without a deadline to end it. But behind closed doors Wednesday night, she was all business.
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A bill to shore up the private  pension system is virtually finished after months of  negotiations, but arguments continue over whether to include  popular tax breaks, U.S. House Republican leaders said on  Thursday.
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A long day of high-level negotiations over the state budget ended without a deal Friday, with 24,000 state workers slated to go on unpaid furlough Monday if no agreement is reached over the weekend.
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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania  - Pennsylvania lawmakers   held a special session on Tuesday to discuss 94 initiatives to   tighten the state's relatively loose gun controls in an effort   to reduce gun crime.
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WASHINGTON -- Congress on Thursday cleared for President Bush must-pass bills to prevent a government shutdown and extend the Treasury Department's ability to finance the budget deficit.
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The Senate on Wednesday passed a $464 billion spending bill that closes out last year's unfinished budget business while providing clues about how the new Democratic Congress and President Bush will do business.
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The Senate late yesterday resolved a dispute delaying passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and two spending bills for disaster relief and homeland security, clearing
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Supplies from Pakistan's main gas field have been fully restored, officials said on Saturday 11 days after a bloody attack by militant tribesmen seeking greater autonomy forced the field to be shut down.
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Legislators reached a deal in the state budget impasse Monday night that would end the government employee furloughs, said Sen. Vincent Fumo.
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Legislators and the governor brokered a deal that ended the state budget impasse Monday night, and state workers will return to the job after nearly 24,000 people were sent home without pay.
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The not-for-profit company that runs the Prince George's County hospital system agreed yesterday to accept the possibility of greater county control over its board of directors in exchange for a $5 million county payment, temporarily staving off a shutdown crisis.
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Ty Wigginton hit a two-run homer and Oliver Perez pitched 6 2-3 strong innings, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates stop a seven-game road losing streak with a 6-1 victory over Philadelphia on Monday night that eliminated the Phillies from postseason contention.
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By HOWARD FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICE  PHOENIX - The deal on a new $10.6 billion budget, if adopted this week, finishes the one thing the state constitution requires lawmakers to do before ending this year's session.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Tuesday approved a stopgap spending bill to avert a government  shutdown next week and keep federal programs and agencies  running until November 17.
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Pennsylvania idled about 25,000 state workers and shut down noncritical services early on Monday after Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell failed to agree on measures he set as a precondition for signing a budget for the new fiscal year.
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SAINT-QUENTIN, NB (CP) - Protesters in northern New Brunswick ended a highway blockade Monday in return for a chance to try persuading the provincial government to keep a local hospital open.