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The global financial outlook grows more dire by the day: The United States has been forced to shore up Wall Street, and European governments are bailing out numerous commercial banks. Even more alarmingly, the government of Iceland is presiding over a massive default by all...(more)
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After a turbulent week that included new disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin and signs that Senator John McCain was struggling to strike the right tone for his campaign, Republican leaders said Saturday they were worried that Mr. McCain was heading for defeat unless he brought stability...(more)
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Here's an alarming thought: Pakistan is in even scarier shape than most of the so-called experts are willing to admit. This nuclear-armed state of 168 million is no stranger to political upheaval, of course. But this time, things are different. Today's ongoing crisis -- marked...(more)
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Joann Gaskins panicked. After absorbing a steady drumbeat of bad news about bank runs, bank collapses and bankruptcies, she arrived at a Manassas branch of faltering Wachovia Bank minutes before it opened Sept. 17, demanded her savings in cash and walked out the door. For...(more)
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But the Branchflower report still makes for good reading, if only because it convincingly answers a question nobody had even thought to ask: Is the Palin administration shockingly amateurish? Yes, it is. Disturbingly so.
The 263 pages of the report show a co-ordinated application of pressure on...(more)
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Christians in Mosul are fleeing their homes after a spate of killings this week that left 12 Christians dead in one of the largest Christian communities in Iraq.
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In 2004, Democrats watched as any chance of defeating President Bush slipped away in a wave of Republican turnout that exceeded even the goal-beating numbers that their own side had produced. Four years later, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign intends to avoid a repeat by building...(more)
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It's that time again. With the mud flying in the presidential race, pundits, journalists and political observers of all stripes are denouncing the campaign's new, strikingly negative tone. Listening to them, you'd think that the very fabric of our democracy were being ripped apart every...(more)
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A wildfire in the hills above the Napa Valley threatened 200 homes and several small wineries today, after destroying two buildings Friday night, according to a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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G.M. executives are said to have approached Ford about a merger in July, but Ford rejected the idea.
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