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Maniacal Deregulation »
Posted by: ameliog 11 minutes ago in Business & Finance
Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the passage of the repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act and related legislation. It is an anniversary worth noting ...
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What were the Republicans smoking? »
Posted by: ameliog 39 minutes ago in Political Opinion
After the disastrous Bush presidency the GOP had the option to go crazy or rethink. Guess which one they chose?
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Cuba orders extreme measures to cut energy use »
Posted by: BronxBomber 3 hours, 57 minutes ago in News
HAVANA, Cuba - Cuba has ordered all state enterprises to adopt “extreme measures” to cut energy usage through the end of the year in hopes of ...
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Man Charged for Wearing Unearned Military Medals »
Posted by: BronxBomber 4 hours ago in News
PALM SPRINGS, California - A Palm Springs man who was never in the military has been charged with wearing the Navy’s highest honor. Federal prosecutors ...
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Saturday Night Special:"Historic"Vote Kills Health Care Reform for Another Generation »
Posted by: berkeley 11 hours, 4 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Now, enough House Democrats had publicly committed to voting No on any bill this bad, that it could not pass. On July 30th, 57 of ...
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Noam Chomsky: No Change in US 'Mafia Principle' »
Posted by: berkeley 11 hours, 51 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Chomsky explained that although the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, which was launched under many false pretexts and lies, was a " major crime", many ...
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Man’s last 10 bucks turns into $50 million »
Posted by: BronxBomber 14 hours, 12 minutes ago in News
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - A Canadian stroke victim said he plunked his last sawbuck down on the lottery ticket that made him rich to the tune of ...
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Man spared jail for fire that accidentally killed mother »
Posted by: BronxBomber 14 hours, 17 minutes ago in Family
Pennsylvania - A Breinigsville man who accidentally killed his ailing mother by catching her mattress on fire after he flicked a lighter under the bed to ...
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Three more quit over Nutt sacking »
Posted by: BronxBomber 14 hours, 37 minutes ago in News
UK - Three more scientists have resigned from the UK drug advisory body after the home secretary sacked of its chief advisor, Professor David Nutt, for ...
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1.5 pounds of nails pulled from man’s stomach »
Posted by: BronxBomber 14 hours, 41 minutes ago in Style
LIMA, Peru - “They call me the hardware store,” says Requelme Abanto from his hospital bed in northern Peru. Doctors in the city of Cajamarca say ...
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Rev. Moon's Troubled Generation Next »
Posted by: ameliog 14 hours, 48 minutes ago in Political Opinion
In a normal world, the question of who will succeed a crazed cult leader like the 90-year-old Rev. Sun Myung Moon would not be an ...
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Man killed by Secret Service vehicles »
Posted by: BronxBomber 14 hours, 49 minutes ago in News
MARLOW HEIGHTS, Maryland - U.S. Park Police say a man was fatally struck by two U.S. Secret Service vehicles at a Suitland Parkway intersection ...
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United Airlines pilot harged with being over alcohol limit »
Posted by: BronxBomber 14 hours, 53 minutes ago in News
LONDON - A United Airlines pilot who failed a breathalyzer test shortly before he was due to take off has been charged with having too much ...
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Professor punches woman and is arrested »
Posted by: BronxBomber 15 hours, 3 minutes ago in News
New York - A prominent Columbia architecture professor punched a female university employee in the face at a Harlem bar during a heated argument about race ...
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For $20, kids can buy a better grade »
Posted by: BronxBomber 15 hours, 7 minutes ago in Style
North Carolina - Selling candy didn’t raise much money last year, so a Goldsboro middle school is selling grades. A $20 donation to Rosewood Middle ...
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