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When Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced last week that he'd be retiring, it didn't take long for the handicapping on his replacement to start. ON Fox News, political commentator Dick Morris says Obama will reload the court with youth from the left.
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The U.S. implements a new foreign policy towards Cuba. This Newsy.com video looks at the criticism of this move by President Barack Obama and what it means for Communist Cuba.
Transition officials call it Obama 2.0 — an ambitious effort to transform the president-elect's vast Web operation and database of supporters into a modern new tool to accomplish his goals in the White House. If it works, the new president could have an unprecedented ability to appeal for help from millions of Americans who already favor his ideas, bypassing the news media to pressure Congress.
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Presidents and prime ministers from major countries around the world will gather in Washington in two weeks to begin heated negotiations over the shape of global financial regulation as they scramble to avoid a deep worldwide recession and restore confidence in markets.
One would think that "speading the wealth" is a bad thing. Yet, according to the founding fathers that was part of the foundation of the strength of the United States. It just goes to show that money is the root of evil and the more money one has the more money one wants.
This administration and Congress will be remembered like Herbert Hoover.
Growing inequality in US cities could lead to widespread social unrest and increased mortality, says a new United Nations report on the urban environment. . . .
The gap between wealthy and poor is quite wide in most places. The wealthiest 20% of the world's population consumes 76.6% of the world's goods while 80% of humanity gets the remainder.1
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Days after it got a federal bailout, American International Group Inc. spent $440,000 on a posh California retreat for its executives, complete with spa treatments, banquets and golf outings, according to lawmakers investigating the company's meltdown.
If the bailout had been labeled a "rescue"...would it have passed more quickly?
Mark Davis' take on media bias, campaigning, and other election issues.
The American taxpayers own Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, dozens of parks, monuments, wildlife refuges, forests, pastureland, government complexes and historic sites.
Obama's plan to reduce urban crime based on research.
One trading-floor denizen described how it happens: Your phone rings, and you're told to report to human resources. You stand up and announce to the people in your row that it's all over. If they like you, they hug you and maybe even applaud.
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