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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.
US Refusal of 2001 Taliban Offer Gave Bin Laden a Free Pass
Washington - When George W. Bush rejected a Taliban offer to have Osama bin Laden tried by a moderate group of Islamic states in mid- October 2001, he gave …
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Discovery of Bin Laden Hideout Spotlights Concerns About Pakistan’s Intelligence Service
The killing of Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani city dominated by the military has spotlighted a conundrum that Western counterterror agencies have grappled with for years: Is Pakistan's …
The F Word: Is BP Too Big To Fail?
Now to the opposite of cuts. Over a year after the biggest oil spill in US history and even as criminal investigations continue, BP is still receiving millions of …