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Balenseifen time of 16:22.28 on the wet and sloppy course at OSU was 32 seconds faster than runnerup Mason Bivens of Duncan. The Deer Creek ace time would have placed him fourth in the large school division.

September 30, 2013

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The Edmond Memorial Lady Bulldogs split a doubleheader with Yukon at home Friday, falling 65 in nine innings in the opener before coming back for a solid 104 triumph in the nightcap.

In game 1, the were up 53 in the top of the ninth before the Millerettes strung together hits, a walk and and an error to pull out the 65 victory. Yukon was the designated home team in the first game.

1 million threshold for tax cut

LORI MONTGOMERY, Washington Post

WASHINGTON A faction of congressional Democrats is making a push to persuade President Barack Obama to consider a compromise on tax policy that would leave only the nation's 315,000 richest households facing higher taxes in January.

Over the past few days, a growing number of lawmakers have publicly embraced the idea of extending expiring tax cuts for families making as much as $1 million a year. They include newly elected Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, Sen. Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, who argued on "Fox News Sunday" that "we should draw the line in the sand for millionaires."

The idea's chief proponent, Sen. Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York, said that raising the income threshold from $250,000, as Obama has proposed, has the potential to unite fractious Democrats behind a single strategy on the tax cuts, which are set to expire Dec. 31 unless Congress acts.

Schumer also said the higher threshold would make it far more difficult for Republicans to say no.

"There's a strong view in the caucus that if we make the dividing line $1 million, it becomes a very simple argument: We are for giving the middle class a tax break; they're for tax cuts for millionaires," Schumer said Sunday. At $250,000, the message is "too muddled," he said. "It's much clearer at $1 million. It unites our base and the independent voters we lost in this election."

The campaign comes as Obama is preparing to host a highstakes meeting on taxes and other issues Tuesday morning with congressional leaders from both parties the first such gathering since Republicans hammered Democrats at the polls earlier this month. Republicans are insisting on extending the cuts at all levels, and the coming battle over taxes will be the first test of the new balance of power in Washington.

Balenseifen time of 16:22.28 on the wet and sloppy course at OSU was 32 seconds faster than runnerup Mason Bivens of Duncan. The Deer Creek ace time would have placed him fourth in the large school division.

September 30, 2013

1 Photo

The Edmond Memorial Lady Bulldogs split a doubleheader with Yukon at home Friday, falling 65 in nine innings in the opener before coming back for a solid 104 triumph in the nightcap.

In game 1, the were up 53 in the top of the ninth before the Millerettes strung together hits, a walk and and an error to pull out the 65 victory. Yukon was the designated home team in the first game.

1 million threshold for tax cut

LORI MONTGOMERY, Washington Post

WASHINGTON A faction of congressional Democrats is making a push to persuade President Barack Obama to consider a compromise on tax policy that would leave only the nation's 315,000 richest households facing higher taxes in January.

Over the past few days, a growing number of lawmakers have publicly embraced the idea of extending expiring tax cuts for families making as much as $1 million a year. They include newly elected Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, Sen. Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, who argued on "Fox News Sunday" that "we should draw the line in the sand for millionaires."

The idea's chief proponent, Sen. Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York, said that raising the income threshold from $250,000, as Obama has proposed, has the potential to unite fractious Democrats behind a single strategy on the tax cuts, which are set to expire Dec. 31 unless Congress acts.

Schumer also said the higher threshold would make it far more difficult for Republicans to say no.

"There's a strong view in the caucus that if we make the dividing line $1 million, it becomes a very simple argument: We are for giving the middle class a tax break; they're for tax cuts for millionaires," Schumer said Sunday. At $250,000, the message is "too muddled," he said. "It's much clearer at $1 million. It unites our base and the independent voters we lost in this election."

The campaign comes as Obama is preparing to host a highstakes meeting on taxes and other issues Tuesday morning with congressional leaders from both parties the first such gathering since Republicans hammered Democrats at the polls earlier this month. Republicans are insisting on extending the cuts at all levels, and the coming battle over taxes will be the first test of the new balance of power in Washington.