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New Housing Task Force Takes Aim at Wall St. - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:24 AM EST (The New York Times)

After failing to produce any major prosecutions stemming from the housing crisis, an expanded federal task force is planning a new tack, cracking down on financial firms suspected of improperly bundling home loans into securities for investors, officials said Wednesday. The Ob …

business, economy, wall-street, banks, oversight, housing-bubble, state-of-the-union-address, housing-market, president-obama, prosecuting-fraud

The True Cost of High School Dropouts - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:06 AM EST (The New York Times)

ONLY 21 states require students to attend high school until they graduate or turn 18.

education, economic-cooperation, drop-outs, college-graduates, high-school-graduation-rate, investing-in-our-future, oliver-munday

Why Evangelicals Don't Care When Rich White Conservatives Defile Marriage | Gingrich doesn't live by the strict sexual rules laid out by conservatives, because those rules are meant for other people: the poor, Democrats, gays, and minorities. | Alte

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:20 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Newt Gingrich’s win in the South Carolina primary looks like it may not be an outlier; Gingrich’s poll numbers are rising rapidly in Florida, and he has a good chance of beating Romney there as well. Gingrich is doing well in no small part because he has s …

politics, republican-party, south-carolina, house-republicans, evangelicals, newt-gingrich, neo-conservatives, gop-candidates, 2012-elections, marianne-gingrich

Murdoch to pay Jude Law and others hacking damages

Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:42 AM EST

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press (Clipped by euterpe-1641499)

Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

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entertainment, business, eu, britain, rupert-murdoch, world-news, hacking, jude-law, john-prescott, ashley-cole

Obama: No on oil pipeline, more review needed

Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:29 PM EST

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press (Clipped by euterpe-1641499)

President Barack Obama says he's denying an application for a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline because a GOP-mandated deadline didn't allow time for a full review.

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us, pipeline, politics, barack-obama, oil-pipeline

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Mitt Romney’s miserly concern for the poor - Ruth Marcus - The Washington Post

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:14 AM EST (The Washington Post)

“I’m concerned about the poor in this country,” Mitt Romney said the other day.

1, politics, medicaid, mitt-romney, welfare, income-disparity, social-programs, super-rich, pell-grants, election-2012

Christie, in State of the State Speech, Calls for Income Tax Cut - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:55 AM EST (The New York Times)

Gov.

new-jersey, teachers, unions, martin-luther-king-jr, us-news, tax-cuts, education-cuts, public-workers, pension-cuts

More Conflict Seen Between Rich and Poor, Survey Finds - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:54 AM EST (The New York Times)

Conflict between rich and poor now eclipses racial strain and friction between immigrants and the native-born as the greatest source of tension in American society, according to a survey released Wednesday. About two-thirds of Americans now believe there are “strong conf …

us-news, middle-class, income-disparity, pew-research, class-warfare, rich-vs-poor, income-inequality, occupy-wall-street, occupy-movement

Where Did They Get the Money For That? - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:42 AM EST (The New York Times)

Over the past few weeks, voters in early primary and caucus states have been deluged by political advertising. Some of the ads are pure hagiography, while others are slashing. Disclaimers tell viewers which candidate or group with a soothing name is responsible in each case.

elections, politics, primaries, disclosure, fec, citizens-united, corporate-funds, super-pacs, legal-bribery

Barricades Come Down at Zuccotti Park, Protesters Re-Occupy | AlterNet

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:02 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Last night the barricades that have been surrounding Zuccotti Park in downtown New York finally came down after repeated complaints and letters from the National Lawyers' Guild and others. Almost immediately, protesters re-entered, as Gothamist reports: Earlier thi …

eviction, us-news, occupy-wall-street, occupy-movement, zucotti-park, re-occupation

Republican Candidates Hypocritically Attack Romney's Predatory Capitalism | Gingrich and Perry rail against Mitt's corporate behavior, but they have no plans to change Wall Street's rules. | AlterNet

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:26 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

It’s one thing to criticize Mitt Romney for being a businessman with the wrong values. It’s quite another to accuse him and his former company, Bain Capital, of doing bad things.

wall-street, politics, mitt-romney, rick-perry, newt-gingrich, gop-primary, citizens-united, crony-capitalism, election-2012, super-pac

Little Old Ladies Shut Down BofA Branch - Truthdig

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:04 AM EST (Truthdig)

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Bank of America staffers in San Francisco shuttered the doors of their branch this week when a group of women aged 69 to 82, bearing signs in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and calling themselves the “wild old women,” approached the building in walkers and wheel …

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Icebreaker Slowly Carves Path for Tanker to Bring Emergency Fuel to Alaska - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:44 AM EST (The New York Times)

In the winter of 1925, long after this Gold Rush boomtown on the Bering Sea had gone bust, diphtheria swept through its population of 1,400. Medicine ran dangerously low, and there was no easy way to get more.

rescue, winter, gas, climate, climate-change, change, coast-guard, us-news, iditarod, bering-sea

Will Fossil Fuel Companies Face Liability for Climate Change? | |It is one thing to do your own research, but it is another to deliberately deceive people, contributing to widespread harm primarily to retain profits.

Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 10:14 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

In a recent article in National Journal, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) President Tim Phillips said there is no question that AFP and others like it have been instrumental in the rise of Republican candidates who question or deny climate science: &ldquo …

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First-ever hybrid shark discovered off Australia - The Washington Post

Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 9:50 AM EST (The Washington Post)

“To find a wild hybrid animal is unusual,” the scientists wrote in the journal Conservation Genetics.

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Some Real Issues for 2012 - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 9:36 AM EST (The New York Times)

The presidential election may be grabbing headlines, but the true rallying cry for 2012 is to struggle and organize around those issues that a president might take seriously, to stake out positions that would benefit what used to be called the working class (and now goes by &ld …

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Fed to Start Publicly Forecasting Its Rate Actions - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 5:12 PM EST (The New York Times)

The Federal Reserve will begin later this month to publish a forecast of its own actions, inaugurating a policy that is intended to magnify the power of those actions by shaping the expectations of investors. The minutes from the last meeting also note that a “ …

business, interest-rates, unemployment, federal-reserve, communication, fed-balance-sheet

'Yo, Is This Racist?' Andrew Ti's Tumblr Has Your (Hilarious) Answer - (Warning: Hilarious use of profanity and vulgarity in linked site(s))

Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:47 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

So, I was going to write an article about all the race-bating and claims of over-sensitivity to racially derogatory remarks on Newsvine of late, but then came across this article about a guy who's taking it on through humor. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

odd-news, racism, humor, racist-comments

For High-Speed Rail, Support in the Past From G.O.P. Presidential Hopefuls - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:23 AM EST (The New York Times)

President Obama’s program to bring bullet trains to the United States has been left on life support by the strident opposition of Republicans in Congress and in statehouses around the nation.

politics, republican-party, high-speed-rail, new-republican, infrastructure-improvements

Will the nominee shape the GOP, or will the GOP shape the nominee? - The Washington Post

Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 7:59 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Successful presidential nominees often have helped redefine their parties. Ronald Reagan’s conservatism changed the Republican Party when he became its nominee in 1980. Bill Clinton portrayed himself as a New Democrat, which proved a key to his victory in 1992.

politics, gop, republican-party, gop-platform, tea-party, iowa-caucus, election-2012, republican-nominee, president-obama

Corporations Pay Lobbyists Billions More than They Pay IRS

Seeded on Thu Dec 8, 2011 6:16 AM EST ()

Seeded by I'm God (Clipped by euterpe-1641499)

30 Corporations spent $476 Million to Lobby Congress. In return they received $11 Billion in Tax Handouts. They made $164 Billion in profit, they paid no taxes, and then they were handed $11 Billion of your taxes. They Own You.

politics, doom, bribery, corporate-criminals, ows

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Democracy is on the retreat in Europe

Seeded on Wed Dec 7, 2011 8:27 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Many Americans, understandably heartened by the Arab Spring, seem to believe that democracy is on the march. And it is — backward. It’s Europe where democracy is in headlong retreat.

business, banks, democracy, angela-merkel, european-union, stock-market, budgets, nicolas-sarkozy, austerity, regulatory-commissions

In 2011, fewer bills, fewer laws and plenty of blame

Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 9:40 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Congress is close to wrapping up one of its least productive sessions in recent memory, as the House and Senate have passed a scant number of bills compared with other non-election years, and President Obama has signed the fewest measures into law in at least two decades. C …

congress, government, us-news, partisanship, smaller-government

Send In the Clueless - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 9:23 AM EST (The New York Times)

There are two crucial things you need to understand about the current state of American politics. First, given the still dire economic situation, 2012 should be a year of Republican triumph. Second, the G.O.P.

politics, gop, presidency, republican-candidates, election-2012, president-obama

The Influence Industry: Congressional incumbents start attracting 'Super PACs:' The Influence Industry

Seeded on Thu Dec 1, 2011 9:09 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Several new super PACs have sprung up in recent months with the explicit aim of helping a particular lawmaker, including Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.). There are also super PACs that have formed to oppose the reelections of Sens.

politics, election-reform, political-action-committees, election-2012, super-pacs, get-money-out-of-politics, occupy-movement

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News Corp. Journalists Arrested For Paying Police For Stories - NewsHounds
Source: News Hounds
Corruption at the Murdoch family's News Corporation has spread beyond phone hacking and now involves paying the police for stories.
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Number of Homeless Female Veterans on the Rise
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Many female veterans return from their military service with physical and psychological difficulties that make it difficult for them to cope in civilian society– and often lead to homelessness.
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Topless protesters detained at Davos forum
Source: Yahoo!
With temperatures around freezing in the snow-filled town, they took off their tops and tried to climb a fence before being detained.
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Gingrich: I Was Bad in Debate Because Mitt Kept Lying - 'Too shocked' to respond, says Newt
Source: Arts & Living from Newser
First, Newt Gingrich aides blamed their boss's poor performance in Thursday's debate on a biased crowd, packed with Romney supporters.
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An Argument Obama Can Win
Source: RealClearPolitics
There are some Republicans who can't wait to take the issue of Buffett's tax rate vs. Bosanek's head-on. They are eager to argue that one of the world's richest men deserves to pay a lower rate because his income derives from job-creating investments.
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