Her strategy was to drown out the campaign of Jerry Brown, a former governor and current attorney-general but a pauper by comparison, with constant and ubiquitous attack ads, forcing him either to spend his money early or to leave her attacks unanswered.

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With 2011 and 2012 income tax rates constant, the old-fashioned advice to accelerate deductions into the current tax year and defer income until the following year should apply this December, says Mel Schwarz, director of tax legislative affairs at Grant Thornton in Washington.

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Manning said Monday that in this age of constant NFL change, when only three other current coach-quarterback duos have the same longevity he has with Coughlin, his having the same coach has elevated his career.

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