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Beyond the Medicare Fight: GOP, Centrists Targeting Medicaid
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York …
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Bahraini Protests on Life Support
As Saudi-backed Bahraini authorities prepared to carry out death sentences against four anti-government protesters for the murder of two security officers, forces loyal to King Hamad bin Isa Al …
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News in Brief: Income Inequality Worse in US Than Ivory Coast, Pakistan and Ethiopia, and More
Income Inequality Worse in US Than Ivory Coast, Pakistan and Ethiopia ThinkProgress reports that income inequality in the United States equals that of Uganda, and is worse …
Bernanke Meets the Press
Cambrdige – At the United States Federal Reserve’s recent and first-ever public press conference, Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a spirited defense of the Fed’s much-criticized policy of mass purchases …
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Bogeyman Down
You would think that Osama bin Laden catching a bullet in the head, shot by a Navy SEAL, would bring Americans of all stripes together in a non-partisan showing …
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The Week Obama Trumped the Donald
Donald Trump speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) This has been the kind of week that makes news junkies …
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BP Will Be Penalized in North Slope Oil Spill Settlement
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. has agreed to pay a $25 million civil fine to settle a federal lawsuit over the largest-ever oil spill on Alaska's North Slope, according to …
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GOP House Chooses Big Oil Over Granny
(Photo: Thomas Hawk) Now, let's check today's sports scores: 4, 10.7 and 21-and-a-half. Those tallies are from the oil league, and the winner, of course, …
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Lessons Learned From Osama bin Laden?
President Barack Obama makes remarks about the death of Osama bin Laden during the Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 2, …
Now What?
The fact that Osama bin Laden is dead does not alter the landscape much at all.