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Selections from the New York Times May 5, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NYTimes.com, May 5, 2009.

Obama Calls for New Curbs on Offshore Tax Havens
By JACKIE CALMES and EDMUND L. ANDREWS
"The proposed tax overhaul, aimed at benefits enjoyed by those harboring cash in offshore accounts, could help raise $210 billion, the administration estimates."

More Middle-Class New Yorkers Face Eviction
By MANNY FERNANDEZ
"More of the city?s middle-class tenants, their jobs gone, are falling behind on rent, straining legal and financial services once used mostly by lower-income New Yorkers."

Court Bars Identity-Theft Law as Tool in Immigration Cases
By ADAM LIPTAK and JULIA PRESTON
'The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the law may not be used against many illegal workers who used false Social Security numbers to get jobs. "

Justices Agree to Take Up Sentencing for Young Offenders
By ADAM LIPTAK
"The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the reasoning that led it to strike down the death penalty for juvenile offenders should also apply to life-without-parole sentences."

Schumer Offers Middle Ground on Health Care
By ROBERT PEAR
"To address fears that a public program would drive private insurers from the market, Senator Charles E. Schumer proposed that any program must comply with the rules that apply to private insurance."

Apple and Google Ties Investigated
By MIGUEL HELFT and BRAD STONE
"The two companies share two directors, and several people briefed on the F.T.C. inquiry say the agency is studying whether this is an antitrust violation. "

E.U. to Hear Proposal for Cross-Border Net Copyright
By KEVIN J. O?BRIEN
"Two European commissioners are proposing the creation of a Europe-wide copyright license for online content that could clear the way for cross-border sales of digital music, games and video."

A Writer?s Violent End, and His Activist Legacy
By PATRICIA COHEN
"PEN along with Guernica, the online literary magazine, sponsored a panel to discuss the Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa?s literary and political legacy"

.Gov. Paterson Seeks a Cap on Spending by the State
By DANNY HAKIM
"The proposal would limit spending increases to the average inflation rate over the previous three years, which could save billions of dollars annually".

Bailout Plan for M.T.A. Gains Two Essential Votes
By WILLIAM NEUMAN and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
"Two Democratic state senators said Monday that they no longer oppose a rescue plan for the authority, which would give the measure enough support to pass the Senate."

 

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