Suing Arizona

The federal government is suing Arizona for attempting to do what the federal government, by law, is supposed to do but wont do.
This is like a bad joke, but its deadly serious. The illegal alien problem with all its attendant crime and leeching of public money is horrendous in the United States, and Arizona [...]

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Changes in China Could Raise Prices Worldwide

The cost of doing business in China is going up, and that could drive up consumer prices in the United States and Europe.
Source:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/business/global/08wages.html

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US Commentators Drawing Wrong Lessons From The UK Election

All politics is local ? a cliche but true.
Although this hasn’t stopped the great institutions of American journalism from rushing out reams of commentary ? most of it written by people who don’t live in Britain ? about the result of the British election and its meaning for the United States.
Source:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/100514/liberal-democrats-third-party-politics

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BP shareholder sues company executives over Gulf oil spill

A BP shareholder from the United States is suing company executives over ignoring safety issues prior to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent Gulf oil spill.
Source:http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0510/BP-shareholder-sues-company-executives-over-Gulf-oil-spill

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Beck Claims He is Leading a Civil Rights Movement like MLK

On his radio show today, Glenn Beck continued to warp the legacy of the civil rights movement in the United States by claiming that his 9/12 Project and the angry white man are the next phase of the civil rights movement.
Beck read the civil rights movement commitment card and, then said, “It looks to [...]

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Taxes likely to rise eventually to tame deficit

The United States should consider raising taxes to help bring deficits under control and may need to consider a European-style value-added tax, White House adviser Paul Volcker said on Tuesday.
Source:http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6355N520100406

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Sarah Palin Offered $25,000 By Marijuana Advocates

Immediately following her Tuesday speech at the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America’s national convention, a marijuana advocacy group says it will offer former Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin $25,000 to deliver a similar address to supporters of a regulated cannabis market in the United States.
Source:http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/04/sarah_palin_offered_25000_by_marijuana_advocates.php

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Cuban leader Castro applauds US health-care reform bill

It perhaps was not the endorsement President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress were looking for.Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Thursday declared passage of American health care reform “a miracle” and a major victory for Obama’s presidency, but couldn’t help chide the United States for taking so long to enact what communist…
Source:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Cuban-leader-applauds-US-apf-124808403.html?x=0&.v=1&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

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Turkey recalls envoy to U.S. over panel’s ‘genocide’ vote

Turkey recalled its envoy to the United States following a vote by a congressional panel passing a resolution calling the killing of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey genocide.
Source:http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/04/turkey.armenia/index.html

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The US Income Gap (Infographic)

Though the income gap in the United States has slowly decreased over the last few decades, there still remains a significant disparity in income between genders and across races.
Source:http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-us-income-gap/

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