Thursday, May 01, 2008

Paying for Failure

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May 19, 2008 (issue) Paying for Failure Sprint first paid him $6.5 million in cash and stock just to leave BellSouth, where he was the numbe...
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Prosecutors demand more witness-protection money

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May 1, 2008 Prosecutors demand more witness-protection money Around the country, prosecutors say tight budgets are hamstringing their abilit...

Support for Republicans Falls to Record Low

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May 1, 2008 Support for Republicans Falls to Record Low Only 27% of voters have positive views of the Republican Party, according to the lat...

Vets say they feel misled about GI benefits

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April 29, 2008 Vets say they feel misled about GI benefits WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Cheated. Baited and switched. That's how veterans of Iraq...

47 percent of those polled considered struggling

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April 30, 2008 47 percent of those polled considered struggling The survey found that 47 percent of those polled can be considered strugglin...

Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday slammed as bad idea

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April 30, 2008 Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday slammed as bad idea WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gas tax holiday proposed by U.S. presidential hop...

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April 29, 2008 Lull in Iraq over as U.S. deaths reach 7-month high MEXICO CITY — U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Tuesday acknowled...

"How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel"

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April 7, 2008 "How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel" He foresees an energy crisis that could spell the end of modern ci...

Foreclosure more than doubled in first quarter

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April 29, 2008 Foreclosure more than doubled in first quarter LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The number of U.S. homes heading toward foreclosure more t...

Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate

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April 28, 2008 Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate These three factors have combined to allow the lunat...

FBI warned Justice, Pentagon about interrogation tactics used against terror suspects

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April 23, 2008 FBI warned Justice, Pentagon about interrogation tactics used against terror suspects WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Muelle...

Cutoffs and Pleas for Aid Rise With Heat Costs

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April 25, 2008 Cutoffs and Pleas for Aid Rise With Heat Costs After struggling with soaring heating costs through the winter, millions of Am...

Iran's involvement in Iraq may not have increased

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April 26, 2008 Iran's involvement in Iraq may not have increased WASHINGTON (AFP) — Some US intelligence and administration officials be...

Pentagon Reports on Iraq's Military Are Suspect, Audit Says

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April 25, 2008 Pentagon Reports on Iraq's Military Are Suspect, Audit Says April 25 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. public and lawmakers should ...

Mortgage Brokers Overcharged Clients

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April 9, 2008 Mortgage Brokers Overcharged Clients More often than not, brokers placed borrowers with weak credit in loans with significantl...

Many states appear to be in recession

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April 25, 2008 Many states appear to be in recession The finances of many states have deteriorated so badly that they appear to be in a rece...

Wealthiest Americans aren't immune from mortgage crisis

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April 24, 2008 Wealthiest Americans aren't immune from mortgage crisis GREENWICH, Connecticut: With the mortgage crisis still spreading,...

Consumer Confidence Fell to a 26-Year Low

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April 25, 2008 Consumer Confidence Fell to a 26-Year Low April 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumer confidence fell more than forecast in April t...

Detainees Allege Being Drugged, Questioned

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April 22, 2008 Detainees Allege Being Drugged, Questioned "I'd fall asleep" after the shot, Nusairi, a former Saudi policeman ...
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Democrats favored in electoral map

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April 26, 2008 Democrats favored in electoral map WASHINGTON - The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall — either Bar...

Record oil price to boost oil majors' profits

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April 25, 2008 Record oil price to boost oil majors' profits LONDON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil (XOM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Royal Dut...

Iraq war, not earmarks, busting federal budget

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April 17, 2008 Iraq war, not earmarks, busting federal budget Bridge to nowhere: $398 million. Pre-emptive war to nowhere: $3 trillion. Some...

300,000 vets have mental problem, 320,000 had brain injuries

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April 17, 2008 300,000 vets have mental problem, 320,000 had brain injuries WASHINGTON (AP) — Some 300,000 U.S. troops are suffering from ma...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Pentagon institute calls Iraq war 'a major debacle'

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April 17, 2008 Pentagon institute calls Iraq war 'a major debacle' WASHINGTON — The war in Iraq has become "a major debacle...

Workers Get Fewer Hours, Deepening the Downturn

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April 18, 2008 Workers Get Fewer Hours, Deepening the Downturn Throughout the country, businesses grappling with declining fortunes are cutt...

Pope criticises US for shunning Iraq diplomacy

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April 21, 2008 Pope criticises US for shunning Iraq diplomacy In a carefully-worded speech at the United Nations, Benedict underlined the ne...

Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger

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April 18, 2008 Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger That anger is palpable across the globe. The food crisis is not only being fel...

Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand

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April 18, 2008 Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand To the public, these men are members of a familiar fraternity, presented tens of t...

Top US general 'hoodwinked' on torture

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April 18, 2008 Top US general 'hoodwinked' on torture • Senior figures in the Bush administration pushed through previously outlawed...

Military medical errors, malpractice immune to redress

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April 20, 2008 Military medical errors, malpractice immune to redress Medical personnel at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Ba...