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GM auditors doubt it can avoid bankruptcy
The Swampby Frank James More bad though unsurprising economic-related news this morning. General Motors is verging on bankruptcy, according to its auditors. The information is in the car makers latest annual report filing with the Securities and Exchange...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Real Estate Sales, United States, Politics, General Motors Corp.
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Obama rescinding stem-cell research ban
The Swampby Mark Silva One of former President George W. Bush's first big acts before the terrorism of 9/11 and the wars that followed - announced in a nationally televised address from his ranch in Texas - was his ban against......Tags: Health, Government, Research, Health Organizations, Barack Obama
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Obama's controversial pick for intel post departs
The Swampby Frank James Charles Freeman, a former diplomat who was chosen to serve in the new position in the Obama Administration of chair of the National Intelligence Council, is withdrawing from the position, according to reports. Freeman has criticized the.......Tags: Henry Kissinger, Wars and Interventions, United States, Politics, Government
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Bush shoethrower gets 3 yrs in prison
The Swampby Frank James Those were some pretty costly shoes Iraqi journalist Muntada al-Zeidi threw at President George W. Bush late last year. I don't know what they cost al-Zeidi to purchase but they're going to cost him three years......Tags: Prisons, Punishment, National Government, Government, Public Relations
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Clinton's 'reset' button: 'Overcharge'
The Swampby Mark Silva What's a little humor between Doomsday players? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went for a little joke today about resetting relations with the Russians, but it turned out the joke was on her. Clinton, presenting Russian Foreign......Tags: Executive Branch, Health, Economy, The New York Times, Politics
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Gay rights measure wins Obama backing
The Swampby Mark Silva Chalk up another reversal of Bush foreign policy for the Obama White House: The Obama administration today endorsed a Unite Nations statement calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality - which would seem, on the face of.......Tags: United States, Politics, Government, Heads of State, Social Issues
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China's U.S. debt fears would be worse with no stimulus
The Swampby Frank James For years there've been concerns about what would happen if the Chinese decided to sell their vast holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds which has propped up the U.S. economy. The overriding fear has been that if the......Tags: Hu Jintao, United States, Government Debt, National Government, White House
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G.W. Bush: Obama 'deserves my silence'
The Swampby Mark Silva Rush Limbaugh may want Barack Obama to fail. And Dick Cheney may say the new president has put the nation at greater risk with his approach to foreign policy. But former President George W. Bush, in his......Tags: Texas, United States, Dick Cheney, National Government, Rush Limbaugh
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New AIG bonuses more fuel for outrage
The Swampby Frank James It's being reported that AIG, the troubled insurance giant which the federal government has rescued by pumping into it hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money, is paying hundreds of millions of dollars in additional bonuses......Tags: State Budgets, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Politics, Timothy Geithner, American International Group
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Timing of AIG 'clawback': More 'dribble-back' economics
Spin CycleWhile being bailed out by you and me, the insurance behemoth AIG was known for months to be planning to dole out those famous fat bonuses. Yet President Barack Obama and top congressional figures such as Sen. Chuck Grassley......Tags: Chuck Grassley, Investments, Iowa, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, National Government
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Obama's Jay Leno: Humor or hubris?
The Swampby Mark Silva The presidential debut on comedic TV tonight carries certain risks and rewards - the risk of immersing in levity in the midst of economic calamity, the reward of piercing the bubble of the presidency to communicate directly......Tags: Arsenio Hall, Politics, Government, The Tonight Show (tv program), NBC (tv network)
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Quickie Review: Obama on "Tonight"
The TV ZonePerfect score. (AP) Is there any politician in the solar system as skillful or as talented on TV as Barack Obama? We've already cleared up the answer to that question here on earth - there isn't - but maybe......Tags: Popular Music (genre), Jon Stewart, Government, Washington Monument, Simon Cowell
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