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British Bank in $340 Million Settlement for Money Laundering
Standard Chartered has maintained that only $14 million of the $250 billion in transactions violated federal regulations.
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Romney Still Reaps Huge Profits From Bain’s Vulture Capitalism
The wealthiest man ever to secure a major party nomination for the presidency is crying foul because President Obamau2019s campaign has dared to explain how Romney made his money.
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Schlumberger Shutdown Joins Summer of Solidarity
Shaleshock organizers in New York's Southern Tier take their protest directly to the enemy's front door.
Cuomo: Protecting New Yorkers from Bath Salts but Not from Fracking?
Governor Cuomo, we canu2019t fathom your thinking. There have been 191 visits to emergency rooms because of designer drugs, and you are taking action to ban their use in …
Cuomo: Protecting New Yorkers from Bath Salts but Not from Fracking?
Governor Cuomo, we canu2019t fathom your thinking. There have been 191 visits to emergency rooms because of designer drugs, and you are taking action to ban their use in …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Paul Ryan Pick Has Republican Operatives Enraged, and More
In today's On the News segment:Â The Paul Ryan pick has Republican operatives enraged and believing that Mitt Romney just cost conservatives the White House, the European economy did exactly …
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Obama’s Pledge of Drought Relief Shows Why Incumbents Have Campaign Edge
President Barack Obama on Monday offered a vivid reminder of why being a White House incumbent has big advantages when seeking re-election, as he toured drought-ravaged Iowa promising help …
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National Sandwich Month
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Outcry Against Police Union Leader’s Bigotry Makes for Unlikely Alliance of Cops, Occupiers
For the uninitiated, it is almost too fantastic to believe. A police department's union, supremely tone-deaf in a city with a discriminatory history, puts out a newsletter that open-heartedly …
Virgin Galactic’s Space Tourism Venture for the 1% Will Warm the Globe for the Rest of Us
Virgin Galactic, billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism venture, is charging $200,000 a seat for a few minutes of weightlessness and a view from outer space.