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• Congress readies Iran sanctions if diplomacy fails
  Oct 3, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  JIM ABRAMSCongress is poised to act swiftly to impose tough new sanctions on Iran if international talks on Tehran's nuclear program show signs of faltering. She has an ally in the Foreign Affairs Committee's Democratic chairman, Howard Berman of California.
• Microsoft video gets a little too much attention
  Oct 3, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  JESSICA MINTZYou almost have to feel bad for Microsoft. To help, House Party posted a series of instructional videos on YouTube. Two men and two women of various ages reflect on their own Windows 7 launch party experiences while scuttling about preparing food platters.
• Myanmar junta official meets Aung San Suu Kyi
  Oct 3, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  Detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was escorted into surprise talks with a junta official Saturday, a week after writing a letter to the military leader proposing a new era of cooperation. The meeting came a week after Suu Kyi sent a letter to junta chief Senior Gen. Suu Kyi has been detained for 14 of the last 20 years.
• Tsunamis uproot centuries-old Samoan cultures
  Oct 3, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  Four elderly villagers were killed while weaving Samoan mats and crafts on the shore. Wulf said drinking water was the most pressing problem. Both girls died.Leone residents estimate the tsunami destroyed about one-third of the coastal village, population 3,000.
• Mass. House approves Sen. Kennedy succession bill
  Sep 18, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday allowing Gov. The House voted 95-58 in favor of the bill. Cory Atkins, a Concord Democrat and Kennedy supporter.
• 21st-Century meter reading
  Sep 17, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  The days of time-consuming water meter reading by foot are numbered in the city of Santa Maria. Two meter readers spend about 12 days each every month going from house to house waving a wand over the water meter, Sweeney said. Sensus Metering Systems, the project contractor, has already installed fixed-base meter reading equipment in other California cities, including Redwood City, Foster City, Los Banos, and Woodland.
• Housing, jobless data point to a fragile recovery
  Sep 17, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  Still, the reports suggested a slow and fragile economic recovery. The continuing claims data lags initial claims by one week. The state data lag initial claims by a week.
• Mass. lawmakers to debate Kennedy succession bill
  Sep 17, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  Massachusetts lawmakers braced Thursday for a contentious debate on a bill allowing Gov. Senate Republican leader Richard Tisei said he'll object to the Senate taking up the bill. The bill is on the calendar for the House session.
• US military closes largest detention camp in Iraq
  Sep 17, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  Kenneth King, the commander of the Bucca detention facility. David Quantock, the commander in charge of the detention system. Of those, Camp Bucca housed the most: 22,000.