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Stiglitz Says Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers (Reuters)
March 24, 2009 (Reuters) -- The U.S. government plan to rid banks of toxic assets will rob American taxpayers by exposing them to too much risk and is unlikely to work as long as the economy remains ...
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Most electronic voting isn't secure, CIA expert says (Greg Gordon)
March 24, 2009 -- WASHINGTON (McClatchy) -- The CIA, which has been monitoring foreign countries' use of electronic voting systems, has reported apparent vote-rigging schemes in Venezuela, Macedonia ...
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Five reasons why Americans won't resist (Mickey Z.)
If it's true that action expresses priorities, we American activists aren't overly concerned about the future.
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U.S. New-Home Sales Rose 4.7% to a 337,000 Pace in February (Shobhana Chandra)
March 25 (Bloomberg) -- Purchases of new homes in the United States unexpectedly rose in February from a record low as plummeting prices and cheaper mortgage rates lured some buyers.
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China urges new global reserve currency (Terence Poon)
March 24, 2009 (Wall Street Journal) -- China has called for the creation of a new international reserve currency to replace the US dollar over time, laying down an unusually direct demand for an ...
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EPA Halts Hundreds of Mountaintop Mining Permits (Dina Cappiello)
March 24, 2009 -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency put hundreds of mountaintop coal-mining permits on hold Tuesday, saying it wants to evaluate the projects' impact on streams ...
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U.S. Durable Goods Orders Unexpectedly Jumped 3.4% (Courtney Schlisserman)
March 25 (Bloomberg) -- Orders for U.S. durable goods unexpectedly rose in February on a rebound in demand for machinery, computers and defense equipment.
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Making The World Work Again (Barack Obama)
The G-20 summit could help launch a new kind of global economic cooperation.
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The Origins of John F. Kennedy's Struggle against the CIA (Dale Tavris)
March 24, 3009 (World News Trust) -- A couple months ago I wrote a Democratic Underground post titled “The GAME,” which I began by noting the many unmentionable things in U.S. politics, and I ...
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I Love a Planet with a Happy Atmosphere (Michael Greenwell)
March 24, 2009 (World News Trust) -- The newspapers and TV like natural disasters. They provide countless emotional and, on the whole, non-controversial scenes (with the exception of New Orleans as ...
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