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Sotomayor: I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life

Healthcare Bill Includes Tax on $1 Million Earners

U.S. Budget Gap Exceeds $1 Trillion for Fiscal Year

Worst violence since US pullback hits Iraq

Thousands protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow

Retailers report weak June sales

Health Bill? How about Pork Bill

Columns of troops pour in China's restive west

Credit delinquencies hit record high

U.S. Military Chief Warns of Rising Nuclear Threat

Obama Adviser Says U.S. Should Mull Second Stimulus

Risky Mortgage Losses Seen Rising

Oil, Gas Market Speculation May Face Restrictions

Stocks, Oil, Metals Drop on Economy Concern; Yen, Dollar Gain

The debt gap is "something that keeps me awake at night," Obama says

Democrats in Congress: Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos

Citigroup increased interest rates on millions of credit card accounts before curbs on such rises come into effect

U.S. private sector sheds 473,000 jobs in June

Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27

States brace for shutdowns

Why a College Degree Isn't Worth It

How GE Screws American Tax Payers Through a Loophole in Bank Rescue

Fifteen states have depleted their unemployment insurance funds

Italy Intercepts Billions in Fake Treasurys

California set to issue IOUs as fiscal crisis weighs

Clerics join Iran's anti-government protests

Sales of New Homes in U.S. Unexpectedly Decreased

Moody's: US Rating Safe but Depends on Debt, Dollar

Obama Seeking Major Overhaul of One-Third of Economy?

The Number of Government Cheese Eaters Continues to Swell

U.S. Open fans heckle Tiger Woods

Obama Closes Doors on Openness

Nortel to End Bankruptcy Reorg and Liquidate Assets

More Powerful Fed? Many In Congress Don't Seem to Like It

Foreign Purchases of Long-Term U.S. Assets Slowed in April

NYSE Halts Trading in 242 Stocks on Computer Error

Pete Peterson - Warns of Danger of Mounting US Debt

Fed Hit With $5.25 Billion Loss From Bear Stearns and AIG

Are Harvard MBA Degrees Worth Anything or are They Part of Problem?

Nassim Taleb-Warns Authorities Will Fail Us Again

Obama seeks fiscal responsibility mantle

Supreme Court rejects challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military

Europe Leans Right in Elections - People reject liberal handling of finacial crisis

Democrats Weigh Health Mandate as Obama Urges Taxing Wealthy

Top Chinese banker Guo Shuqing calls for wider use of yuan

Sarah Palin hits FOXNEWS tonight for the big 'Told Ya So' interview

Obama administration forced Chrysler into a marriage with Fiat.

Former Drug Dealers Tied to John Murtha-Backed Firm

Government Cheese eaters climb to all time high

Countrywide’s Mozilo, Two Ex-Executives Accused by SEC of Fraud

Jobless benefit rolls fall, initial claims dip

U.S. Retailers Report Continued Weak Sales

EU Warns Latvia on Budget Deficit Amid Crisis

U.S. Accidentally Releases Secret List of Nuclear Sites

Russian protest factories shutdown

Air France jet vanishes

Cisco Systems to Replace GM; Travelers to Replace Citigroup in DJIA

Geithner to Reassure China U.S. Will Control Deficits

Oil Is Plentiful, Demand Weak. Why Are Gas Prices Going Up?

Pravda - American capitalism gone with a whimper

Many modified mortgages will default again, Fitch Ratings projects

Calif. wants federal government to back its loans

Once Considered Unthinkable, U.S. Sales Tax Gets Fresh Look

Federal tax revenue plunged $138 billion, or 34%, in April vs. a year ago

NY Fed says bought $1.55 bln of TIPS

US Government to Take Up 70% Stake in GM

Home Prices Tumble by Record 19.1%

Why US Debt Rating Poses Such a Big Worry to Investors

Obama says USA is Broke

More talk that USA may lose AAA Credit Rating

Dollar hits new multimonth low vs euro, pound, yen

Is California Too Big To Fail?

U.S. dollar's day of reckoning may be inching closer

The president is so "distracted by his vice president's indiscipline"

Obama forced to rebuke privately Vice President Joe Biden, according to a new book by Newsweek journalist Richard Wolffe, who interviewed Obama a dozen times.

NYPD Arrest 4 in Alleged Plot to Bomb NY Synagogues

Newt Gingrich Calls for Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Resign

Commercial real-estate loans could generate losses of $100 billion by the end of next year

U.S. Considers Stripping SEC of Powers in Regulatory Overhaul

Peter Schiff running for senate?

GPS system 'close to breakdown'

Brazil and China eye plan to axe dollar

Some on left souring on Obama

Bill Clinton to be named U.N. Haiti envoy

Maureen Dowd of NY Times Plagiarizes TPM's Josh Marshall

Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker

Israel ups war training despite US discontent

Panetta Says CIA ‘Truthfully’ Briefed Pelosi on Interrogations

Documents Reveal How Paulson Forced Banks To Take TARP Cash

Pelosi draws response from CIA

US releases detainee from Guantanamo

Obama reverses on releasing detainee photos

Obama weighs wide range of candidates for court

Pentagon worker charged with leaking info to China

GM Driving Toward Chinese-Made Cars For America

Obama says. "The stars are aligned" to reform healthcare

French confront worst economic outlook in 30 years by locking up their bosses and marching on the capital

U.S. Will Pay $2.6 Million to Train Chinese Prostitutes to Drink Responsibly on the Job

Dollar Could Slump on AAA Rating Fears: Analyst

Cheney says He Won't 'Roll Over'

20 dead as US, Afghans battle suicide bombers

Obama’s Rich Donors Threaten Him over Closing Foreign Tax Havens

Student Wins Suit After Teacher Says Creationism Nonsense

Massive Russian Gas Pipeline Fire

Air strikes 'drive Afghans to Taliban'

Cheney: on CBS says Obama endangers the nation

Obama’s budget eliminates funding for abstinence education programs

Under Restructuring, GM To Build More Cars Overseas

Senators weigh 3 government health plans

Obama Wants to Tax Your Health Care Benefits

Maine Gay Marriage Legalized

Gay marriage leaps ahead in Maine, New Hampshire

GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt Confronted by Angry Shareholders at Shareholder Meeting

John Edwards is facing a federal inquiry

April deadliest month for US in Iraq in 7 months

Speaker Pelosi Blocks Investigations of Corrupt Democrats

Democrats drop funds to close Gitmo no lawmaker wants the accused terrorists in their backyard

Obama is more popular than his policies

Taliban threatens spike in violence

North Korea threatens nuclear, missile tests:

Iran Targets Egypt

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch Party to Democrat: Dems now filibuster proof

Israel Sinks Iranian Ship Carrying Arms

America's Most Dangerous Cities

Republicans Lack Leader and Voice in face of Obama Activism

Rising Numbers of U.S. Border Officers Arrested on Corruption Charges Mexican drug cartels turn to bribes

Obama throws Presidential Poison Bomb destroying his promise for a new era of bipartisan respect

Obama orders US to start work on full review of nuclear policy

Torture Video Implicates UAE Royal Sheikh Police in Uniform assist as Victim Is Whipped, Beaten, Electrocuted, then Run Over by an SUV

Obama passing new law to allow searching of PC's, Laptops, and media devices

Torture Video Implicates UAE Royal Sheikh Police in Uniform assist as Victim Is Whipped, Beaten, Electrocuted, then Run Over by an SUV

General Electric talks green but are they? In addition to its Hudson River PCB contamination, GE has 75 other large contaminated sites nationwide. This is more than any other U.S. corporation. The company is trying to avoid paying for a Hudson River cleanup, perhaps because it thinks it can avoid setting the precedent for liability at those other sites. GE is a disgrace to the country and their products should be boycotted by all Americans

Political drama at GE Shareholders Meeting Shareholders upset over left leaning media bias at MSNBC and CNBC

Tarp Bailout Monies Lead to Fraud
Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, released a 250-page report detailing a long list of concerns about government efforts to prop up hundreds of banks

Iran Warns Israel Not to Attack its Nuclear Sites

Western diplomats walked out of U.N
as Iran's president Ahmadinejad called Israel the "most cruel and repressive racist regime

Sen. Dianne Feinstein(D) sought $25 billion for agency that awarded contract to spouse: Legislation was introduced by Feinstein to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband's real estate firm a lucrative contract

Obama Envoy: Two-State Solution is only Solution: A Palestinian state alongside Israel is the only way to end the Mideast conflict, President Barack Obama's Mideast point man said Friday, sending a stern message to Israel's hard line