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Has Obama worn off?
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news.yahoo.com — The tightly programmed White House also is champing at the bit, kicking off what officials say will be a relentless three-week push on health care, starting with the hastily scheduled Friday address. But its first event might have... More Is the obamanation love fest ending?
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Jobless rate tops 10 percent in 15 states, DC No image available
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Jobless rate tops 10 percent in 15 states, DC
Made popular 1408 days ago in Business
WASHINGTON - Fifteen states have crossed a painful threshold: 10 percent unemployment. More states, and the nation, likely will follow, one of the biggest dangers to an economic recovery. How consumers behave in the face of rising... More How is Obama & the Democrats working out?
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Sotomayor Gains GOP Support s.wsj.net
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Sotomayor Gains GOP Support
Made popular 1408 days ago in Society & Religion
online.wsj.com — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor won her first public pledges of support from Senate Republicans and one prominent GOP opponent, after a smooth performance at her confirmation hearings that has placed her firmly on track to become the... More Do you believe Judge Sotomayor will be more or less liberal than Judge Souter?
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Perfect Pawn foxnews.com
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Perfect Pawn
Made popular 1409 days ago in Politics
capitolpoliticking.com — ...... As far as his nominees go, it is not a vetting problem, rather a well devised technique better known to savvy shoppers as "BOGO", Buy One Get One Free. For every one cabinet post, there can be only one Secretary at a time; every... More Do you believe Judge Sotomayor is a Pawn nominated to satisfy a certain constituency while the real deal awaits in the dark?
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The World's rich targeted for damage caused by excessive CO2 emissions? User provided
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The World's rich targeted for damage caused by excessive CO2 emissions?
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edition.cnn.com — (CNN) - Researchers in the U.S. have proposed a new way of allocating responsibility for carbon emissions they say could solve the impasse between developed and developing countries. The method sets national targets for reducing carbon... More This model for allocating costs attributable to CO2 emissions is...
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Microsoft's Bing Is a 'Hit' bloomberg.com
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Microsoft's Bing Is a 'Hit'
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bloomberg.com — Microsoft Corp., struggling for years to challenge Google Inc., says users are warming up to its Bing Internet search engine. The first signs of a shift came in March at a confidential preview of Bing for analysts and partners, said Yusuf... More Who will Microsoft's Bing take hits away from the most, Yahoo or Google?
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C.I.A. Had Plan to Assassinate Qaeda Leaders graphics8.nytimes...
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C.I.A. Had Plan to Assassinate Qaeda Leaders
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nytimes.com — Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed plans to dispatch small teams overseas to kill senior Qaeda terrorists, according to current and former government officials. The plans remained vague and were never carried out,... More Why all the fuss - Is there a difference between the use of drones & CIA operatives to assassinate?
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Goldman's Earnings Soar 65% on Strength in Trading Operations graphics8.nytimes...
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Goldman's Earnings Soar 65% on Strength in Trading Operations
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nytimes.com — Comfortably beating analysts' forecasts, Goldman Sachs earned second-quarter net profits of $3.44 billion, or $4.93 a share, the bank announced on Tuesday. The results continue a robust turnaround for the firm since it rode out the final... More How did we go from emanate collapse of our banking system, to Goldman Sachs making record profits?
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Sotomayor vows impartiality if confirmed to court No image available
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Sotomayor vows impartiality if confirmed to court
Made popular 1412 days ago in Politics
news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON - Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee in history, vowed loyalty to "the impartiality of our justice system" Monday, confronting Republican skeptics at Senate hearings suffused with racial politics but all... More Do you think Sotomayor is a raciest?
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Sotomayor a cautious, careful liberal i2.cdn.turner.com
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Sotomayor a cautious, careful liberal
Made popular 1412 days ago in Opinion
cnn.com — One of the enduring myths about Supreme Court justices is that they often turn out to "surprise" the presidents who appoint them. Sure-thing conservatives, it is said, turn out to be liberals, ­and vice versa. In fact, the evidence is... More Will Sotomayor be confirmed?
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