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Obama slams GOP leadership, economic policies – CNN

Washington Post Obama slams GOP leadership, economic policies CNN By The CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — President Obama opened the post-Labor Day stretch of the midterm campaign in the perennial swing state of Ohio on Wednesday, accusing the GOP of pushing bankrupt economic policies and putting politics ahead of national … Obama blasts continued tax cuts for the rich Los Angeles Times Obama Lays Out Economic Proposals and Assails GOP New York Times Obama defends opposition to tax cuts for rich Americans BBC News FOXNews  - Christian Science Monitor  - Wall Street Journal all 6,187 news articles »

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2010 09 08 Business
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Piers Morgan to take over ‘Larry King Show’

British TV host Piers Morgan will take over Larry King’s prime-time hour with “a candid, in-depth newsmaker interview program” starting in January, CNN announced Wednesday.

2010 09 08 Uncategorized Comments Off

LA police investigate discovery of ‘mummified’ babies

Detectives are investigating the discovery of two “mummified” babies found wrapped in 1930s newspaper in the basement of a Los Angeles apartment building.

2010 09 04 Uncategorized Comments Off

Justice Department lawyers sue Sheriff Arpaio in civil rights probe

Justice Department civil rights lawyers filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona on Thursday after talks collapsed on a deal to provide federal investigators with requested documents.

2010 09 02 Uncategorized Comments Off

Ex-Lehman CEO blames government for firm’s collapse

Richard Fuld cites the decision ‘not to provide Lehman with the support given to each of its competitors.’ His testimony comes in the final set of Washington hearings by a federal panel investigating the financial crisis. The former chief executive of Lehman Bros., whose failure in 2008 helped trigger the financial crisis, blamed the government for its collapse, saying Wednesday there was a double standard in the decision by federal officials to grant extraordinary assistance to other companies but let his go bankrupt.

2010 09 01 Uncategorized Comments Off

Car dealers fight for a second chance

When Chrysler and GM filed for bankruptcy in 2009 they planned to shutter thousands of dealerships across the country. Fewer then one third of the dealers who hoped to stay in business are in the running for a comeback.

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2010 08 31 Business
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Greek FinMin: markets still assessing reforms (AP)

AP – The international bond markets will likely wait until the end of the year before passing judgment on Greece’s efforts to overhaul its economy and pull itself out of a debt crisis that nearly led to the country’s bankruptcy earlier this year, the finance minister said Monday.

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2010 08 30 Business
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Alaska Senate hopeful wants land, not cash – CNN

The Guardian Alaska Senate hopeful wants land, not cash CNN By the CNN Wire Staff The government is “going bankrupt,” and needs to transfer its power “back to the states and the people,” Joe Miller says. (CNN) — Alaska's political leadership has spent decades touting its ability to bring federal dollars back … Miller: US Going Bankrupt, States Need Control CBS News Alaska's Miller Adopts the Tone of a General Election Candidate CQPolitics.com Number of untallied ballots rises in close Alaska Senate race MiamiHerald.com Anchorage Daily News  - FOXNews  - Independent Political Report all 2,329 news articles »

2010 08 29 Uncategorized Comments Off

Chemical leak sickens dozens at Las Vegas hotel

A chemical leak in the pool area of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, sickened as many as 100 people Friday, sending 12 of them to local hospitals, according to a spokeswoman for Clark County.

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2010 08 27 Clark County
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Brown: Not giving context was ‘fatal’

The Bush administration made a “fatal mistake” by talking up facts and figures without painting a broader picture of the obstacles in its widely criticized Hurricane Katrina response effort, ex-FEMA chief Michael Brown said.

2010 08 27 Uncategorized Comments Off