Massachusetts raises $285M from $1-per-pack cigarette tax

Edit The Boston Globe 11 Jul 2016
Massachusetts taxpayers have shelled out an extra $542 million since state lawmakers voted three years ago to hike the tax on cigarettes and gasoline, with none of the cigarette revenues going directly to anti-smoking programs. The post Massachusetts raises $285M from $1-per-pack cigarette tax appeared first on Boston.com ... ....

Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Packs for $22.99 + pickup at Best Buy

Edit CNET 11 Jul 2016
Best Buy discounts a selection of Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Packs to $22.99. Opt for in-store pickup to avoid the $3.99 shipping charge. Each is a low by $12 and the best price we've seen. Choose from PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 3, or Xbox 36.0 ... ....

Utah GOP delegate wants party platform to follow 1860 model

Edit Deseret News 11 Jul 2016
SALT LAKE CITYThe Republican Party's packed platform needs to be replaced with the same kind of simply stated principles that the GOP stood for when Abraham Lincoln ran for president, Sutherland Institute President Boyd Matheson said ... "They've taken the powerful principles of the Republican Party and turned it into a tax code that nobody reads and nobody understands."....

Euro 2016 Diary: Portugal spoil the party and send bus back to depot

Edit FourFourTwo 11 Jul 2016
Obviously, celebrations for winning major football tournaments cannot just be thrown together like an impromptu garden party, but perhaps the organisers of the party France will never enjoy might have been a touch more subtle ... Thankfully many in a packed Paris fan zone had a roaring good time in the hours before kick-off, in the hours before Eder ruined everything....

Third parties are only making things worse

Edit China Daily 11 Jul 2016
But win or lose, the ruling makes no difference to Beijing because it deems the arbitration illegitimate as the court has no jurisdiction ... But then what? ... But Beijing will not step back, and will not allow what it sees as a wolf-pack scheme to succeed. The best possible outcome of the arbitration, therefore, may be an endless circle of finger-pointing, if the parties in the drama are able to keep their conflict rhetorical ... ....

Okada rules out quitting Democratic Party helm over poll drubbing; JCP alliance called first step

Edit Japan Times 11 Jul 2016
Katsuya Okada, head of the Democratic Party, the main opposition force, said he will not resign immediately following the party’s disappointing showing in Sunday’s Upper House election and failure to prevent forces in favor of constitutional reform from securing a two-thirds majority. But the party seems to have derived some benefit from an unprecedented electoral appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....

BJP UP chief confident party will win 2017 Assembly Polls

Edit Deccan Chronicle 11 Jul 2016
"Samajwadi Party government is not only a liar but it is the govt of land mafias and goons ... "There has been an exodus from SP and BSP since people have seen misrule of both the party led ......

Strengthen party base at grass-roots level: Naveen

Edit The Times of India 11 Jul 2016
With an eye on the coming panchayat polls, BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday asked the party workers to start gearing up for it. Addressing the party office-bearers and senior leaders during a meeting in the city, the chief minister said though BJD's vote share increases in successive elections, the party needs to further strengthen its base at the grassroots....

Fourth: Now, BSP national secretary Paramdev Yadav quits party

Edit Indian Express 11 Jul 2016
IN A fresh jolt to the Bahujan Samaj Party, which saw three party leaders quitting in three weeks, BSP national secretary Paramdev Yadav resigned from on Sunday, alleging that the party leadership has shifted from its ideology and become money-centric. Yadav, who was the party’s former in-charge in West Bengal, said the ... “The party has been handed....

Tea party had finance minister's nod: Punita

Edit The Telegraph India 11 Jul 2016
Punita Kumar-Sinha, the wife of Jayant Sinha who was shifted out of the finance ministry last week, has defended her boardroom assignments and a tea party that have been blamed for her husband's transfer ... ....

Portuguese party on Champs Elysées amid police clashes

Edit The Local 11 Jul 2016
The Champs-Elysées had expected to host a mammoth party for Les Bleus but in the end it was the city's Portuguese community who descended on the famous avenue, where there were also violent clashes between youths and police ... ....

Best Bets: A Beauty Salon for Preteens, Party Pitchers, and a Leather-Bag Boutique

Edit New York Magazine 11 Jul 2016
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New Renaissance Party leader Arai at press conference

Edit Kyodo 11 Jul 2016
TOKYO, Japan - New Renaissance Party leader Hiroyuki Arai attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 10, 2016, fol... ....
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