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A US scheme to pinpoint future VIPs has spent 70 years introducing power-brokers-to-be to the American way. So how can you tell who will one day be a head of state? They're out there, somewhere, embarking on their relentless climb to the top. The next generation of politicians, cultural pioneers, business executives and media voices are starting their first jobs, desperate to escape obscurity, determined to make a name for themselves. All you have to do is find them. Predicting who will one day run our lives might not be an easy task, but a little-known scheme run by the...

<p>It's a new year, with a new governor and a statewide election looming, but the California Legislature reconvened at the Capitol on Monday with the same gigantic headache: massive debt.</p> <p>Many of the same money woes remain on the table, largely unresolved by last year's marathon of political infighting, accusations, finger-pointing and the first gubernatorial recall in state history.</p>