I'm not versed enough in economics to know if this technically qualifies as the nationalization of a major financial sector, but it sure sounds like it: The U.S. government plans to put troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under…
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Iran rejects French warning it risks Israeli strike
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran dismissed on Saturday a warning by France's president that the Islamic Republic was taking a dangerous gamble over its nuclear program because one day its arch-foe Israel could strike.…
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Do They Really Want To Go There?
Governor: Pontius Pilate Community Organizer: Jesus Christ Governor: George Wallace Community Organizer: Martin Luther King Governor: Sarah Palin Community Organizer: Barack Obama Too Late. They Already Did. Obama's made a decent start in replying to…
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'Thrown Away Flags' Story False, Dem Convention Official Says
Days before the anniversary of September 11, on the same morning that John McCain and Barack Obama released a joint statement pledging to avoid politics in light of the anniversary of the terrorist attacks, McCain's campaign accused Democrats of…
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Patrick Fitzgerald Scolds Tony Peraica
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has asked Republican Cook County state's attorney candidate Tony Peraica to stop passing out a campaign flier that looks to Fitzgerald like Peraica is claiming his endorsement. The flier shows side-by-side photos of…
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Gustav Relief Sends Red Cross Into Debt
The American Red Cross said yesterday that it is going deep into debt to fund a $70 million Hurricane Gustav relief effort, an unusual occurrence even as the nation's biggest disaster aid charity braces for a trio of powerful storms lurking in the Atlanti…
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Regulators Shutter Silver State Bank
Silver State became the latest in a series of bank failures and one that could ripple through the presidential campaign. Until recently, one of Sen. McCain's sons was on the committee responsible for overseeing the company's financial condition.…
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I Like to Watch: This fall's TV season comes in like a BBQ Pork Ravioli Bite and goes out like a bad case of indigestion, from Fox's "Fringe" to CBS's "The Mentalist"
BBQ Pork Ravioli Bites. Aside from ushering in the apocalypse, those words reflect our precipitous fall from grace as a nation, and hint at the blind, savory-sweet hedonism that finally buried us on an international stage. There was a time when T.G.I.…
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