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* France pushing to exempt culture from talks with US * EU parliament has advisory role, veto over final deal By Claire Davenport and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to limit the scope of a...

The Dorchester Senior Center in the south suburbs has a steady stream of visitors: attentive relatives, busy repairmen and, lately, inquisitive federal investigators. The five-story, village-owned building that looks out over a dreary interstate has...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to exempt state control of utilities and support for creative industries from free trade talks with the United States due to start next month, the latest draft of Brussels' negotiating mandate showed on...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually and are...

Scheduled meetings this week of the Washington County Commissioners, Washington County Board of Education, and Hagerstown Mayor and Council:   WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Hager Hall Conference and Event Center 901 Dual Hwy., Hagerstown Tuesday,...

* Ankara fears being sidelined by U.S.-EU trade deal * Obama, Erdogan launch initiative to deepen trade * Turkey-U.S. trade doubled to $20 billion in past decade By Nick Tattersall WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Turkey is pushing for involvement in...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkey is pushing for involvement in a proposed free trade pact between the United States and Europe which it fears could leave it sidelined and hamper its ambitions to become a top 10 economy over the next decade. Trade was high...

* Correa won re-election in February with 57 percent of vote * New cabinet not expected to herald policy changes QUITO, May 8 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael appointed a new oil minister and a new finance minister on Wednesday, as the...

Scott Fish, 50, a principal with UP Development, which has recently purchased and plans to redevelop Orlando Fashion Square. UP's other Orlando projects include Shoppes at Alafaya Trail and Millenia Plaza. Orlando Fashion Square is its first mall project....

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Friday that an unusual plan to finance construction of the I-95/Pennsylvania Turnpike connection "raises alarms" and may prompt an investigation by his office. DePasquale said he was especially...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Diplomats from the United States and Afghanistan met formally Saturday for just the second time since the two countries signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement a year ago as they sought to hammer out a pact defining Washington'...

By Linda Stern WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Just when you may have thought that federal tax policy was set - that January's "fiscal cliff" deal meant you could go about your financial life with multi-year certainty - Washington is again talking of...