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Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving On The 4th Thursday Of November

There is an explanation, but you have to go back to things decreed by Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt (FDR, that is).

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Fisheries And Fishermen Hard Hit By Decline Of Oysters On Gulf Coast

Record flooding on the Mississippi River sent too much fresh water into the Gulf of Mexico, killing oysters and crippling other seafood harvests that depend on salt water to survive.

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36 Hours in Steamboat Springs

You won’t see too many luxury stores or fancy condos here. This Colorado ski resort is a place of indie flare, Western appeal and, yes, plenty of champagne powder.

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Broken Promises and Debt Pile Up as Loan Forgiveness Goes Astray

A federal loan forgiveness program made a promise to students: Stick with your vital but low-wage professions and your debts will be wiped clean. Then they weren’t.

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Prosecutors Usually Send People to Prison. These Are Getting Them Out.

Prisoners who fought for years to prove their innocence couldn’t win in court, no matter how much evidence they amassed. Then the offices that put them away got involved.

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U.K. Think Tank Criticizes Fiscal Plans of Both Major Parties, Warns of Higher Taxes

U.K. Think Tank Criticizes Fiscal Plans of Both Major Parties, Warns of Higher Taxes(Bloomberg) — Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast.A leading U.K. think tank offered a damning analysis of both the Conservatives’ and Labour’s election pledges, and warned voters to expect higher taxes than either party has outlined.In a brutal assessment of both manifestos for the Dec. 12 vote, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said that “neither is a properly credible prospectus.”Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives and Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour have outlined vastly different offerings for voters. While Corbyn is promising a generational shift in public spending along with sweeping nationalization plans, the ruling party is presenting a more prudent approach, offering themselves up as the responsible alternative to Labour’s radical ideas.The analysis comes a day after a much-anticipated poll put the Tory Party on track to win its biggest majority in more than three decades. The poll suggested it will win 359 of the 650 seats in Parliament, a gain of 42 on the last election — and a majority of 68 — while Labour will drop more than 50 seats to 211.The IFS sees problems with both parties’ manifestos. In its assessment, the Tories will end up spending more than planned, and so will have to raise taxes or borrow more, and Labour won’t be able to deliver on the investment plans on the scale it imagines. In the longer term, Labour would also need to raise more funding, and the IFS says it would have to hike income taxes on more than just the top 5% of earners.Much of what’s planned in the manifestos, and its impact on the public finances, depends on the performance of the economy. Brexit is a huge factor in that equation, and the IFS notes that if the Conservatives retain power and implement Brexit at the end of January, there’s still the huge task of negotiating a settlement by the end of 2020. Failure could push the budget deficit to 4% of output, and the debt ratio “would once again rise sharply.”Earlier Thursday, the Resolution Foundation released calculations showing the two parties are on course to break the fiscal rules they announced less than a month ago. Election pledges made in recent days mean both may find it hard to meet promises to keep revenue and day-to-day spending in balance, while even a tiny downgrade to the economic outlook could cause further problems, it said.(Updates to add details of Resolution Foundation report in final paragraph)To contact the reporters on this story: Fergal O’Brien in Zurich at [email protected];Andrew Atkinson in London at [email protected] contact the editors responsible for this story: Craig Stirling at [email protected], David Goodman, Lucy MeakinFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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The Big Question on Hong Kong: How Will China Hit Back at Trump?

(Bloomberg) — China is making a habit of issuing vague retaliation threats. So far, however, it hasn’t actually done much.The foreign ministry gave another warning on Thursday after President Donald Trump signed bills backing Hong Kong’s protesters, u…

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Pressure Infusion Bags Market Share, Growth Rate, Forecast 2025 – Kentucky Reports

Pressure Infusion Bags Market Share, Growth Rate, Forecast 2025  Kentucky Reports

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UPDATE 1-N.Korea fires unidentified projectiles – S.Korea military

North Korea fired unidentified projectiles on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, the first such launch in nearly a month, amid a stalemate in denuclearisation talks between Pyongyang and Washington, as a year-end deadline looms to strike a deal. J…

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Iraq crackdown kills 13 protesters after Iran mission torched

Iraqi security forces cracked down on anti-government protesters in the strife-torn south Thursday, leaving 13 people dead in a bloody escalation hours after the torching of an Iranian consulate. Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, as commander in chief …

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Iran arrests eight ‘linked to CIA’ in street unrest

Iran has arrested eight people accused of links to the CIA and gathering information to send abroad during deadly street violence that erupted after a fuel price hike triggered demonstrations. A near-total internet blackout was imposed by the Islamic …

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