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Many obstacles remain before NFL returns to Los Angeles There will soon be a new owner in Jacksonville who may have his sights on L.A. But a move by the Jaguars or any other team won’t be easy, as owners figure to make the relocation fee extremely high.   Sam Farmer The Los Angeles Times  […]

Zimbabwe ‘to raise diamond mining fees’   AFP   HARARE — Zimbabwe plans to increase diamond mining fees to up to $5.0 million, state media said on Friday, just one month after winning approval from the global “blood diamond” watchdog to export the gems.   “The period where foreign miners exploit our resources for next […]

Unemployment Dips, But That Hardly Makes Up for a Lost Year on Economic Recovery By Mike Konczal | The Nation Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that unemployment dropped to 8.6 percent from 9 percent, while the economy added 120,000 new jobs.  Is this actually good news? About half of this decline is due […]

Senate approves $662 billion defense bill By Donna Cassata Associated Press   WASHINGTON—Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive, $662 billion defense bill that would require the military to hold suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida or its affiliates, even those captured on U.S. soil.   The vote was […]