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Gunman kills 2 Americans inside Afghan ministry – USA TODAY

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Gunman kills 2 Americans inside Afghan ministry

USA TODAY

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Santorum’s martyr complex – CBS News

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The Guardian

Santorum's martyr complex

CBS News

Is Rick Santorum suffering for his faith? One of his advisers suggested to the Washington Examiner's Byron York that he is, and that Mitt Romney is getting absolution. "Why is Mormonism off limits?" York quotes the adviser as asking.

Romney Gets No Support From Snyder in Run Dogged by Bailout

BusinessWeek

Candidates enter critical phase after possible final debate

CNN

Santorum edges Romney in debate time

USA TODAY

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QualityTech computes data center growth – bizjournals:

axilecyqih — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:15:06 +0000

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The Overland Park-based firm has mapped out a $75 millio to $100 million investment in existint data center facilities in the next year and coulc spendabout $50 million on real estatew or company acquisitions in the next 12 to 18 months, Chairmah and CEO Chad Williams said. Thos e plans come on the heels of investmentw already made in the past year fora $50 millio facility in Miami and a $20 million upgrade to a Santa Clara, Calif., facility. “We’ve very quietlg grown from a couple of real estate acquisitions to a national leader indata centers,” Williames said.
“In a challenged economic environment, our footprint has expandedx to 11different QualityTech, founded in September has gained at a swift In 2006, it posted revenue of $35.8u million. Last year, that number had burgeoned to $119.7 million. The projection for 2009: roughlty $150 million. That’s assuming a checkedd growth pace of about25 percent, down from 37 percentr last year. Essentially, QualityTech provides information technologyoutsourcing services.
It sellas large chunks of wholesale data center and it retails smaller spacee to small and midsize In addition, it offers a broad managed-services which handles anything from network securitty to storage to QualityTech also has a new model that offers data capacity as needed. The company is a significanr player inits sector, which continues to grow as cash-strappeed companies look to outsource IT functions, said analyst Dan Golding, a vice presideng of New York-based Tier1 Research. Tier21 expects data center revenure to grow about 10 percentto $8 billion this QualityTech’s 25 percent growth predictiom is aggressive but attainable, Golding said.
The industry promisew tremendous growth during the next decadeor so, he Its penetration now is in the low single-digi t percentages, but companies that chec k in rarely leave. “For 95 percenrt of companies, outsourcing is just goinhg to work better in the long Golding said. “It’s purely an economic issue.” QualityTech’sz planned projects — adding power and space — will be in Lenexa, Santa Clara and Jersey City, N.J. All told, the improvementsa will add about 250,000 square feet of raised-floor data center bringing thetotal raised-floor spacw (where servers can be stored) to about 1 milliomn square feet.
That’s out of a total of 2 millio square feet the coompanyowns nationwide. “We certainlu have demand within our current portfolio for certainn customersto grow,” Williamws said. “We’re also building space we can lease becaus e of the demandcurve — demandx we see in the marketplace today that’as real demand and has no supply.” Data centers are expensive to costing about $1,300 a square foot, Golding said. Then there’s the acquisition potential. “Wre actually feel like, over the next 12 to 18 that it’s going to be a greay opportunity for us to add locations in the Williams said.
“We are currently looking at other data center operator s to buy and also additional real estate that we could convert.” The Achilles’ heel of the booming industryt has been the credit crunch, which will make some smallet companies prime buyout candidates. Fortunately for privatelyt owned QualityTech, it has access to its backing by the Williams family and bankintg relationships withOverland Park-based and , Williams The pending outlays will be a combinationn of equity and debt, he said.
“The data centerd industry is one ofthose that’sa been seeing a lot of impact — the potentia l for a lot of growtuh actually being dampened by the ability to get Golding said. “(QualityTech) has the advantage there — it has deep-pocket privatew backers. Not everyone has that.” Otheer local data center and managed-servicex companies also have experienced torrid growth inthe ’s revenue is up 60 percent year to year, and it’ws about a third of the way througj a $1 million upgrade of its Kansas City, facility. Early next year, plans to completee a $12 million data center in its existing Overland Park and Lenexa facilities arenearlh full.
“The industry is really Arsalon founding partner GaryHall

O’Malley unveils plans for $365M in stimulus transportation projects – Washington Business Journal:

axilecyqih — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:00:05 +0000

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A $3 million renovatiobn of the BWI Rail Stationin Hanover, new hybrid busseds and improvements to the Port of Baltimorwe are among the projectse O’Malley hopes to launch with the infusioh of federal funds. “We are actinfg immediately to get transportation projects out the door so we canpreserver jobs, protect families and improve the economy in everu region of our state,” O’Malley said in a O’Malley’s office did not say how soon the projects coulfd begin.
On Tuesday, President Barack Obamaz signed off on the Americann Recovery andReinvestment Act, a $787 billion stimulus plan intendefd to help jolt the American economy out of a The plan includes about $500 billion in new spending, includin for roads, transit and relatedf transportation improvements. With regard to transportation spending in the state’s emphasis is on system preservation rather than on new highwaty projects, spokesman Jack Cahalan said earlier this The state is evaluating a wide rang of “shovel-ready projects” that can start construction soon, and more announcements will be made as that studyh period is completed, Cahalan said.
In the stimulus will provide atleast $610 million, supportintg nearly 10,000 jobs, throughout the O’Malley’s office said. • $65.6 millionb for 100 new hybrid busses, to be deployed in the Baltimore region and to generate an estimated1561 jobs; • $5.3 million in unspecified improvements to Light Rail systems across Greate r Baltimore, estimated to generate 126 • A $3 million renovation of the BWI Lighr Rail station, to generate 71 jobs; and, $4 million in canopy and window improvements to Penn Station in midtownn Baltimore, to generate 95 new jobs.

IRS: Beware of Dirty Dozen tax scams – Gaston Gazette

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Better Business Bureau

IRS: Beware of Dirty Dozen tax scams

Gaston Gazette

The Internal Revenue Service has issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” tax scams list, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud.

'Where's my Refund' feature not working

NewsNet5.com

IRS shares "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams

WAFF

12 Tax Scams to Avoid Like the Plague

Forbes

Reuters -CNN

Sacramento Philharmonic coming soon to a theater near you – Sacramento Business Journal:

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"We wanted to do something interesting, intimate and different. We want to run out to the smallert venues outsideof town, and also to the ones in said Marc Feldman, executive director of the "We are trying to raise our profile around A small group of fewer than a dozen musiciane will perform four concertz of a "Signature next week. It will perform at the restored Guild Theatre in OakPark Nov. 1, at the new Benvenutji Performing Arts Center in Natomas on Magic Circle's Roseville Theatre on Nov. 3, and at Templ e Or Rishon in Orangevale Nov. 4. A seconfd Signature Series will be performedthis spring.
And a newlyh formed small ensemble of philharmonic the HarmonicBrass Quintet, performed earlier this month at Sound a mix of wine and cheese at downtown restaurant . The same ensemble will perform at the in Sacramentk during the monthly Second Saturdayg art walkin November. "Wde want to show the musicians in a different light," Feldman said. "We want an opportunity to show the virtuosity of the musicianxs and the ability of members of the Tothat end, the ensemble will perfor works other than symphonic music in its Signature Series.
The first series themre is "Ancestral Voices," which explores songsw ranging from traditional Africanh American spirituals to Czech folk Theensemble — and two singerds — will also perform Luciano Berio'ss "Folk Songs," a pastiche of folk songx from around the world. The idea of "Ancestral Voices" also is to broadenm the appeal of the music beyond just thestaid classics. "This allowsd us to put classical music into the context of all Feldman said. "The composers are not just deadwhite men.
There are many cultures The extra performances are in addition to the five full concerty performances the philharmonic has on its schedule this season at the and theMondavji Center. The additional dates are an effort to raise community engagementf with the orchestra by getting the highl y talented musicians to carry the flag ofthe philharmonic. For the past eighy years, that flag has been carried by conductodrMichael Morgan. "Michael Morgan is a grea t representative forthe orchestra, but Michael Morgan can'gt be here all the time. We need to involv the musicians," Feldman said. The brass quintet was formefd a fewmonths ago. And otherf groups are forming.
A group of woodwinds is working together, as well as a percussion ensemble and a trio of violinand flute. The musicianx are all paid by the orchestra at their uniom scale when they performsuch gigs, Feldman said. The philharmonivc is managing the additional performances withits razor-thin $1.2 million annuall budget by finding sponsors to underwrites them. The Harmonic Brass Quintet performances and some of the Signature Seriews are being underwritten by the locak offices ofbrokerage . "We want to support the arts in the saidDoug Renick, manager for Merrill Lynch offices from Modestp to Redding.
The draw of the ensemble performances was compellinyg because itis new, he "They've never done anything like this Renick said. "It's going to be real exciting. The brokerage gets mentioned in the program and it also gets some ticketse tothe performances, which it sharez with clients. usually hosts a Second Saturday art walk evenin g twicea year, when it presents a local artist's work in its midtown dance studip along with a short ensemble dance performance, said Mimi marketing director with the ballet The first such Second Saturdagy event earlier this month drew a couple hundred people. A seconr one is not yet planned forthis season, Kent said.
"It is our goal to reacbh out tonew audiences, and we are desperately trying to find new viewers amonh younger people," Kent said. The Second Saturdayh events bring a mix of longtime ballet fans, people interested in the arts and locaol hipsters. The region's largest art organization, — the producere of the Broadway Series and the MusicdCircus — doesn't do community performances, but only becausr it can't. It doesn't have a local company of performers.
Its actors, singers and performersx are typically part oftraveling

Rx drugs reportedly killed Houston, but officials still probing possible drowning – Fox News

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ABC News

Rx drugs reportedly killed Houston, but officials still probing possible drowning

Fox News

LOS ANGELES – Relatives of late pop icon Whitney Houston have reportedly been told by coroner officials that the singer died from what appears to be a combination of Xanax and other prescription drugs mixed with alcohol rather than drowning.

Whitney Houston's Childhood Pastor: 'Our Hearts Are Broken'

People Magazine

Whitney's world: Troubled superstar's death and dark side of music biz

Philadelphia Inquirer

Grammy Watch: Whitney's Legacy, in TV and Divas

TIME

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NTS buys Plainview Apartments – Austin Business Journal:

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Financing for the which was made through anNTS affiliate, , was provided by the , accordiny to a news release. The purchase priced was not disclosed. The previous owner was Plainvie wApartments LP, a Denver-based investment partnership, accordingb to online records from the Jefferson Countg Property Valuation Administrator and the Kentucky Secretarg of State. Its assessed value for tax purposesis $9.7 according to the PVA Web site. Occupanch at the time of the purchase was aboutg94 percent, the release said.
NTS planxs to enhance and renovats the property but no detail were disclosed in the The apartment complex was developed as part of the Plainvieqplanned community, which includes 800 single-family homes, more than 1,00o0 apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shoppinfg centers and nearly 2 million squaree feet of office NTS began construction and development of the plannedd community, Louisville’s first, in the earl y 1970s. With the acquisition, NTS Development Co. and its affiliatews now own four apartment communitiesin Louisville. Its other holdings in the area are HurstbournseGrand Apartments, The Overlook at St. Thomaas and The Willows of Plainview.
NTS also manages 14 otherr apartment communities and 31 commercialk properties with more than 5 million feetof office, retail and warehous space in the Southeast.

Return of the Culture Wars: Can Mitt Romney Win Conservative Backing? – ABC News

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Return of the Culture Wars: Can Mitt Romney Win Conservative Backing?

ABC News

The resurgence of social and cultural issues in voters' minds poses new ch »

Obama changes tune, urges fundraisers to back super PAC – Fox News

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Obama changes tune, urges fundraisers to back super PAC

Fox News

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's campaign is asking top fundraisers to support a Democratic-leaning outside group that is backing the president's re-election bid, reversing Obama's opposition to "super" political action committees, which can spend …

Obama backs down on super-Pac funding

Financial Times

Republicans Fin »