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Confidence teetering in Eurozone, economists warn
World NowGlobal Focus: It's been more than two decades since the Iron Curtain fell and Europeans embarked on an ambitious mission to build a powerful economic, political and social union in place of the Cold War divide. And for more than two decades, Germans... -
Jonah Goldberg: Searching for a surrogate
Watching Bill Clinton act as Barack Obama's "No. 1 surrogate," in the words of National Public Radio, is as exquisitely painful as watching a runaway monkey with a paintball gun at a museum. Most of the pundits have focused on Mr. Clinton's motivations...
Tags: David Axelrod, Politics, Kathleen Sebelius, Methamphetamine (drug), Television Industry
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Letter to the editor - Only in America
Observations by a Canadian: - Only in America, politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000 a plate fundraising event. - Only in America, could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when they have a...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Md. lawmakers protest agency move to W.Va.
Maryland lawmakers are protesting a plan by the Obama administration to eliminate 450 federal jobs in Prince George's County, but it is unclear whether they will be able to reverse it. The move to consolidate the Financial Management Services facility in...Tags: Government Debt, Credit and Debt, Finance, Benjamin L. Cardin, Donna F. Edwards
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Wheaton College joins lawsuit over health care requirements
Chicago Tribune reporterWheaton College has joined about 50 mostly Roman Catholic religious institutions suing the Obama administration for requiring religious employers to offer health insurance that covers the cost of birth control for employees and students. Today the west...Tags: Employment, Social Issues, Politics, Freedom of Religion, Career and Workplace
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Merkel, Hollande vow to 'do everything to protect' the euro
World NowHollande, Merkel vow to protect the euro: The leaders of Europe’s two biggest economies pledged Friday to “do everything to protect” the continent’s common currency, whose long-term survival has come under fresh doubt from... -
Greece's pro-euro vote spurs talk of relief on bailout conditions
World NowGlobal Focus: With mainstream politicians poised to retake control of the Athens government, Eurozone and global financial leaders have begun to signal some willingness to ease the biting pain of austerity measures that drove Greeks to the brink of... -
Geithner urges 'maximum pressure' on Syria
World NowTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged governments focused on the crisis in Syria to apply “maximum financial pressure” on the regime in Damascus, and he added that the United Nations could ultimately approve the use of force. Geithner,... -
'Confidence Men' by Ron Suskind
Reuters"The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job-training," Vice President Joe Biden famously quipped of his future running mate in 2007. That's exactly what President Barack Obama did in his first two years of office, according to a...Tags: General Motors Corp., Mitch McConnell, National Economic Council, Politics, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Allen West sees communists lurking in Congress
Sun SentinelThe blogosphere is again abuzz over a rhetorical flourish from U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation. Introducing himself to Martin County voters in the new district he hopes to win in November, West said he’s heard up to 80 of his Democratic...Tags: Harriet Tubman, Everglades, Politics, Democratic Party, U.S. House of Representatives
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Human rights must be at the center of U.S.-China policy
President Barack Obama's China policy combines deterrence and engagement, but it gives insufficient attention to human rights. Since early 2009, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted that human rights "can't interfere" with other aspects of Sino-...Tags: Xi Jinping, U.S. Embassy, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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A way around the debt-limit impasse
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the United States does not have to default on its debt, and the Social Security and Medicare checks can continue to go out, even if Republicans and President Barack Obama cannot strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling by...Tags: Government Health Care, Human Interest, Politics, National Government, Career and Workplace
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