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NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks tumbled for a second day after concerns grew that the deep spending cuts under Europe's bailout plan will slow a global recovery. The euro dropped to a 19-month low Friday. European stock markets fell more than 3 percent, pulling U.S. stocks lower. Investors seeking safety are piling into Treasurys and gold, ...
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Gov Christie calls S-L columnist thin-skinned for inquiring about his 'confrontational tone'
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Infowars: Machete‘ has fallen into controversy, and it’s still months away from its September release. 20th Century Fox, which won a ‘bidding war’ to distribute the film, pulled Rodriguez’ fiery “Illegal†trailer from the web shortly after its special “Cinco de Mayo†message created a storm of controversy and fueled attacks, including one from its sister ...
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NY Post: WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s decision to authorize the killing by the Central Intelligence Agency of a terrorism suspect who is an American citizen has set off a debate over the legal and political limits of drone missile strikes, a mainstay of the campaign against terrorism. The notion that the government can, in effect, ...
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...along the rest of daytime MSNBC, all of which are solidly housed in the ratings ter... Mediate: Hey media writers and TV critics – remember when you had all those ideas about how to help CNN’s lagging prime time ratings? Well, put on those executive hats again because it’s time to help MSNBC. The network’s 9am-5pmET (dayside ...
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The Hill: House Democrats had to scrap their only substantive bill of the week Thursday after Republicans won a procedural vote that substantively altered the legislation with an anti-porn clause. Democrats had labeled their COMPETES Act -- a bill to increase investments in science, research and training programs -- as their latest jobs bill. It was the ...
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Arizona Republic: Several Arizona business groups urged Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to keep the 2011 All-Star game in Phoenix. "We understand the MLB is facing pressure to reconsider Phoenix as the site of next year's All-Star Game, however, a relocation decision will equate to lost jobs for innocent citizens, including our Hispanic community," the groups ...
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Politico: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says President Barack Obama is spreading “false†information about the Arizona immigration bill. McCain was rebutting a statement the president recently made about the law that grants police in the state the ability to ask anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant for documentation proving their citizenship. “If you are an Hispanic ...
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Politico: President Barack Obama travels to lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon to thank the NYPD for its heroic thwarting of an attempted Times Square bombing — but the photo op may not go according to plan. The Department of Homeland Security told congressional officials Wednesday that it's moving to make cuts in planned anti-terror funding to New ...
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Los Angeles Times: Framing the Arizona immigration situation as a "moral crisis," a group of seven Arizona religious leaders, including Catholic and Methodist bishops, descended on Capitol Hill on Thursday in an "emergency" visit to lobby for comprehensive immigration reform. "Our role here is to invite dialogue … on this complex issue with many dimensions," said Bishop ...
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The Telegraph: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, fears that America shares many of the same fiscal problems currently haunting Europe. He also believes that European Union must become a federalised fiscal union (in other words with central power to tax and spend) if it is to survive. Just two of the nuggets from ...
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Washington Post: After a week of preemptive attacks on a possible IMF bailout of Greece, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) introduces the European Bailout Protection Act, aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars from going to a rescue plan. "This legislation would require that countries like Greece cut spending and put their own fiscal house in order," says Pence, backed ...
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