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NO SALES TAX HIKE! End of Campaign "Get Out The Vote Rally" THIS Saturday, November 2nd - 10 AM at Burke Lake Park - Rain or Shine. "This is it, this is the last big anti-tax event prior to Election Day, and we thank the Virginia Young Republicans for taking the lead and hosting this event for all of NOVA's anti-tax groups," said James Parmelee, Chairman of the Northern Virginia Republican Political Action Committee about the 14TH ANNUAL YOUNG REPUBLICAN ROUNDUP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd at BURKE LAKE PARK. The official "Triathlon of Virginia Politics" tradition continues for the 14th...

HELSINKI, FINLAND – April 14, 2002 — Looking at Anssi Vanjoki's speeding ticket, many Finns are wondering whether their egalitarian spirit has taken them over the edge. True, Vanjoki was doing 46.5 mph in a 30-mph zone. But $103,000?The reason the penalty was so harsh is that traffic fines in Finland are based not just on the severity of the offense, but on the offender's income. Vanjoki is a senior executive of Nokia, the world's largest cell phone maker, and his fine was assessed on a 1999 income of $5.2 million.A court later slashed it to $5,245, but not...