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As of Tuesday working Americans saw a tax on their paychecks rise to 6.2% from 4.2% last year. Economists estimate that this could strip $115 billion in disposable income from the economy this year."I'll cut back on the little things," said Briones, who makes about $100,000 a year and will pay $2,000 more in payroll taxes than he did last year. He anticipates that he'll make cuts in expenses such as gym memberships, eating out and piano lessons for his kids.Workers who make $20,000 to $30,000 will take home an average of about $300 less a year, while those making half a million to a million dollars before taxes will take home $14,812 less because of income-tax increases related to the deal, according to calculations by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.Although small cutbacks by families across the country may not have a dramatic effect on the economy, they do create more stress for the small businesses that had hoped the worst of the recession was behind them.Consumer spending grew during the first three quarters of 2012 and had ticked up in November after falling in October. Now economists expect spending to decrease, at least for the first half of the year, while consumers like Briones adjust."The increase in taxes and the reduction in government spending should reduce overall aggregate demand for goods and services that businesses provide," said Michael Feroli, chief U.S. economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co.This year will be the first since 2008 that there hasn't been some sort of stimulus-related tax relief for individuals, said Joe Rosenberg, an analyst with the Tax Policy Center. In 2011 and 2012, there was the payroll tax cut. In 2009 and 2010, there was the Making Work Pay Tax Credit, which was part of the stimulus bill.Most analysts expected that Congress would let the payroll tax cut expire, Rosenberg said. After all, as part of the fiscal cliff deal, income taxes will not increase on middle-income families. So compared with what families could be experiencing, the payroll tax cut is both expected and relatively small.But that doesn't matter to consumers living paycheck to paycheck.Jose Cueves, an electrician who makes $50,000 to $75,000 a year, says his family will notice the $70 or so a month that will be taken out of his paycheck. They'll eat dinner and lunch out less, he said, looking down at a burrito he bought at California Plaza in downtown Los Angeles during his lunch break.That worries Valerie Johnso <a href=http://www.downmonclerjacket.com/60-moncler-jackets-brown>Jackets Coffee</a> n, who owns the Slap Yo Mama food truck among other businesses. Her food truck, which lined up Wednesday with others on Grand Avenue near California Plaza, was already seeing business slow down, she said.
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It is the crucible in which the wandering wishes of 315 million people, from Florida to Fairbanks, are shaped to the singular goal of national advancement. It is the Congress – verily a glorious institution – and on Wednesday it rang in a brand new session.The 113th Congress comprises the most diverse batch in US history, with more women and minorities than ever before, more naturalized citizens and more non-Christians. It's being called a legislature that looks more like the country. Here is a brief who's who:SenateTwelve freshmen bring the balance of power to 55-45 favoring the , including two independents who will caucus with team blue. Elizabeth Warren, D-MassachusettsShe's done more than anyone to stop big banks from bullying consumers. Now she's joining the Banking Committee. She'll be the senior senator from Massachusetts when John Kerry goes to the State Department. Settle in for some Warren-watching. Marco Rubio, R-FloridaWitness a man running for president? Rubio's n <a href={url}>{keyword}</a> ame tops the GOP shortlist for 2016. Already since the November election he's taken two stands love: he vote <a href={url}>{keyword}</a>d against the fiscal cliff deal, and he slagged off Mitt Romney. What's Rubio next move? Ted Cruz, R-TexasThe only Tea Partier whose father fought with Fidel Castro. Born in Canada of Cuban descent. A lawyer who's never held elective office. He clerked for former supreme court chief justice William Rehnquist. Not your father's GOP. Tammy Baldwin, D-WisconsinServed seven terms in the House. Edged out four-time Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson in November. First openly gay person elected to the Senate. Lifetime LGBT advocate and civil rights proponent. Winsome, popular.Tim Scott, R-South CarolinaSlides over from the House. Replaces senator Jim DeMint, a Tea Party megaphone. The only current African American senator and the first ever African American senator from South Carolina.Mark Kirk, R-IllinoisElected in 2010, returns to the Senate after suffering a debilitating stroke in January 2012. He had <a href={url}>{keyword}</a> to re-learn how to walk.Mazie Hirono, D-HawaiiThree-term congresswoman. The first Buddhist and first Asian American woman in the Senate. Former lieutenant governor of Hawaii. Born in Japan. Farewell to:Joe Lieberman, Democrat, and latterly independent of Connecticut; Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Richard Lugar, R-Indiana.House Newly elected Massachusetts congressman Joseph Kennedy III. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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Washington Nationals’ decision to call up Bryce Harper wasn’t easy, but had big payoff
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California's Richard Solomon (35) pleads his case to head coach Mike Montgomery after being called on a technical foul late in the second half during their NCAA college basketball game with Creighton Saturday, in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Creighton won 74-64. Photo: Lance Iversen, The Chronicle / SF California's Richard Solomon (35) pleads his case to head coach...
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Sterba, a journalist, is the author of Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds, and his thesis is simple: sometimes to help a species – and to keep it from harming other species, including us – nature must be managed. How Americans feel about how, when, and even if this should be attempted takes up much of his second book. But first Sterba documents how the eastern has experienced an ecological rollercoaster during the past century: from deforestation and species decline to burgeoning woodlands and miraculously rebounding animal populations in recent decades. We Easterners – urban, suburban, and rural alike – are a forest people, <a href={url}>{keyword}</a> whether or not we fully appreciate that reality; for example, nearly a quarter of ’s five boroughs are covered with trees, according to the author. More than 60 percent of , the fourth densest state, is under a green canopy. Our neighbors include bears, moose, beavers, coyotes, seemingly incontinent geese, and those aforementioned ubiquitous ungulates. We bump into them <a href={url}>{keyword}</a> all the time. A mountain lion <a href={url}>{keyword}</a> was killed by a car in Connecticut in 2011.What’s more, many of us who have migrated to the country or leafy burbs are tenderfoots: We like the scenery but we don’t hunt or farm or even get out in nature all that much. We drive back and forth to work and the store a lot. According to the author, “Americans now spend 90 percent of their time indoors, and they pay more heed to the nature conveniently packaged on their electronic screens than to the nature around them.†But nature has a way of paying attention to us. Resurgent beavers can flood our roads, deer can total our Volvos, coyotes can feast on Fluffy, wild turkeys can damage crops, and geese can bring down airplanes. What Sterba aptly describes as a “moment of clarity†in the contentious debate over how to manage proliferating geese arrived in 2009 when sucked a flock into both engines and crash-landed in the . Everyone survived (although not the $60 million plane); others have not been as lucky in recent years.
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Franklin gathers UCLA running backs at the gate at Spaulding Field before practice. Their brief meeting ends with a Franklin-led "work hard" chant. Locke often leads kickers through "Karate Kid"-styled training exercises.But, Mora said, "every year, someone sort of emerges."No one is likely to match their production.Franklin has 1,700 yards rushing, a UCLA single-season record, heading into the Bruins' game against Baylor in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27. He also has the UCLA career record with 4,369 yards rushing."Jeez, let me get one last game with him," offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone said when asked how he would replace Franklin. "It will be like Cindy Crawford divorcing you. How are you going to replace her?"Sophomore Jordon James, and freshmen Steven Manfro and Paul Perkins are candidates. James has 212 yards rushing this season. Manfro has mostly played Y-back. Perkins sat out as a redshirt.Damien Thigpe <a href=http://www.downcoatmoncler.com/76-doudoune-moncler-enfant>Moncler charpe & Chapeaux</a> n, who appeared to be the next in line, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and had surgery over the weekend. He is not expected back until August at the earliest."It's going to be more running back by committee next season," Mazzone said.Locke has averaged 44.6 yards per punt during his four seasons, the second-best career average in UCLA history. He also effectively handles kickoffs.The Bruins' next punter isn't even on campus. Sean Covington, a senior at St. Petersburg (Fla.) High School, is considered one of the top kickers in the nation.Covington has given UCLA an oral commitment.RoomiesThe Bruins are not only losing key players, but they are also losing one of the best roommate combinations in school history.Locke, senior long snapper Kevin McDermott and senior quarterback Kevin Prince have lived together for three years, producing many made-for-sitcom moments. That includes Locke's sleeping habits."His ability to sleep anywhere is amazing," Prince said. "We have a complete album full of upwards 50-60 pictures of him knocked out. We took a trip to Tennessee to Kevin McDermott's house. Every car ride, every time we watched a movie, he fell asleep. He said it is 'maximizing his nap time.' I say he's lazy."
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