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Bid to Knock Rahm Emanuel Off Ballot for Chicago Mayor: Can it Succeed?
Chicago - A challenge filed Friday to invalidate Rahm Emanuel’s candidacy in the Chicago mayoral race, says Mr. Emanuel's campaign, is a political trick by forces looking to “hijack” …
For Women, Cyber Crimes Are All Too Real
Karachi, Pakistan - The Grade 10 student was first drugged, and then four men raped her. The group then apparently tried to extort money from her family. When the …
How Earmark Ban is Already Changing Capitol Hill
Washington - The freshly minted Republican ban on earmarks is already having an outsize impact on the culture of spending in Washington.
US Iraq Envoy Worried About New WikiLeaks Release
With reports swirling that a third document-dump by the Internet organization WikiLeaks could be imminent - and might reveal confidential comments by foreign leaders about their governments - American …
Tax the Rich: A Deficit Plan That Doesn’t Hit We, The People
Here is MY deficit-reduction plan. This plan does not reflect the views of anyone but myself — and maybe half the population. Unlike deficit plans from the “serious people” …
Hands Off My ObamaCare
Maybe my extended family is unusual in terms of health problems, but the past couple of years have left us really needing the protections provided by ObamaCare. If it …
How Are the Kids? Unemployed, Underwater, and Sinking
In some cultures asking how the kids are doing is a colloquial way of asking how the individual is faring, acknowledging that the vitality of the younger generation is …
CBO: Recovery Act Raised GDP and Lowered Unemployment but Effects Are ‘Expected to Wane’
ABC News reports that the Congressional Budget Office this week released its latest report on the effects of the Recovery Act and found that it “raised the GDP, lowered …
On Eve of Egypt Polls, Mubarak’s Ruling Party Tightens Grip on Opposition
Egypt's opposition politicians and their supporters have faced a steady stream of harassment in the lead-up to Sunday's parliamentary election. There's an upbeat mood in offices of the National …
Robert Reich | Sarah Palin
Monday night, Sarah Palin watched from the audience as daughter Bristol danced on ABC. Twenty-three million other Americans joined her from their homes. Tuesday, the former vice-presidential candidate started …