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Merrill Losses Were Withheld Before Bank of America Deal
Days before Bank of America shareholders approved the bank's $50 billion purchase of Merrill Lynch in December 2008, top bank executives were advised that losses at the investment firm …
Five Facts About the Massachusetts Economy Under Mitt Romney
Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign whipped out a new number over the weekend to dispute federal government data that ranked Massachusetts 47th in job creation during Romney's time as …
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The Transparently Secretive Chamber of Commerce
Well, the Big Business guys are transparent about one thing: They can't stand the idea of the public holding them to account for their attempts to buy elections and …
Will Scott Walker Get a Pink Slip, an Orange Jumpsuit or a Second Chance?
A wide-ranging investigation has included allegations of campaign finance malfeasance, embezzlement of veterans funds, bid-rigging, and even child enticement during the period when Walker served as Milwaukee County Executive, …
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Wisconsin Recall Campaign Spending Tops $60 Million
Wisconsin voters will go to polls on Tuesday for a special recall election after enduring one of the most grandiose campaign seasons in the state's history.
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Soaring Costs Plague California Nuclear Plant Shut Down By Leak
While investigators examine the steam generator damage that has forced the months-long outage at California's San Onofre nuclear power plant, the cost of the shutdown and any necessary repairs …
Yes, Virginia, We Can Do Something About the Drone Strikes
There's a conventional wisdom in Washington that there's nothing we can do politically to stop the US government from killing innocent civilians with drone strikes.
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Florida Official Behind Gov. Rick Scott’s Voter Purge Linked to $1 Billion Campaign Effort Against Obama
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice asked officials in Florida to suspend the controversial voter purge conducted by Gov. Rick Scott's (R) administration, citing possible violations of voting …
Quebec’s Fight Is Our Fight
The debt obligation of Canadian university students, even with Quebec's proposed 82 percent tuition hike over several years, is dwarfed by the huge university fees and the $1 trillion …
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In Fight With Monsanto, Mother Nature Doesn’t Quit
So much of Monsanto's poison was spread in the past decade that weeds naturally developed a resistance to it.