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submitted by AB 178 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago
Toward the end of this clip you'll see Palin cluelessly saying that Freddie and Fannie are "too expensive for taxpayers" and then blathers on about how she and McCain will make them smaller.
Meanwhile, Himbo McCain applauds in the background -- just as clueless.
I guess the understanding...(more)
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submitted by AB 185 weeks 2 days 15 hours 20 minutes ago
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki tried to step back from comments in which he appeared to support Senator Barack Obama’s plan for troop withdrawal.
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submitted by AB 204 weeks 6 hours 34 minutes ago
She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer. Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama that is the...(more)
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submitted by AB 175 weeks 2 days 16 hours 39 minutes ago
Citigroup has agreed to buy Wachovia’s banking operations for $1 a share, a move that that would concentrate power within the nation’s banking industry in the hands of a few giant lenders.
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submitted by AB 243 weeks 3 days 11 hours 43 minutes ago
Torrential rains in southern China trigger floods and landslides, killing 66 people and leaving many homeless.
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submitted by AB 243 weeks 3 days 11 hours 45 minutes ago
Does Google want to be the 51st state this election season? It sure looks that way. The Mountain View search-engine giant and its wildly popular video-sharing site, YouTube, can't be missed if you want to be president.
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submitted by AB 90 weeks 1 day 13 hours 33 minutes ago
It’s decision day for voters in Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Kentucky, where the outcome of Senate primary contests on Tuesday will deliver more clues to the puzzle that is the midterm election of 2010.
Two Democratic senators, with combined Washington experience of nearly 50 years, will discover if...(more)
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submitted by AB 90 weeks 1 day 13 hours 31 minutes ago
Mikhail Beketov had been warned, but would not stop writing. About dubious land deals. Crooked loans. Under-the-table hush money. All evidence, he argued in his newspaper, of rampant corruption in this Moscow suburb.
“Last spring, I called for the resignation of the city’s leadership,” Mr. Beketov...(more)
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submitted by AB 243 weeks 3 days 11 hours 40 minutes ago
AP - A beached ship carrying more than 200,000 gallons of fuel oil withstood pounding waves with no signs of leaking as maritime officials on Sunday expressed hope of removing the freighter.
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submitted by AB 208 weeks 1 day 9 hours 34 minutes ago
NewsFactor - The Microsft-Yahoo battle continued Monday with some unexpected twists. Microsoft indicated it will keep fighting even as Yahoo's board raised the price and reports suggested Yahoo is trying to restart merger talks with AOL.
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submitted by AB 173 weeks 2 days 13 hours 47 minutes ago
Step by step Politifact (a joint effort of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly) demolishes as outright lies the panic McCain is trying to sow with the Ayers accusations.
And, oh, by the way, the foundation is question was funded and largely led by Republicans. So...(more)
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submitted by AB 178 weeks 4 hours 45 minutes ago
OK, finally the press is getting on the job and making Palin's censorial abuse of power an issue. Let's get this straight folks: she tried to ban books...
