Pelosi fires back at '60 Minutes' report on 'soft corruption' - CNN.com

As it seems this is common practice for Members of Congress and the Senate to procure stocks or short stocks on the Market prior to legislation that it approves or denies that would be considered insider information which if your a civilian you would be prosecuted and paced  …

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Red Tape - What's it like to share your SSN with 50 people? Follow a victim's struggle

Great story and investigative tactics used by a normal person with an interest to keep his life safe. But the Red Tape of looking into your own history brings all things to question. My opinion is he should file a law suit against each company that gave a job based on a fa …

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Red Tape - After high court ruling, firms divide and conquer in consumer cases

You do not have to do business with AT&T pretty simple do not sign any contract giving up your rights.

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The Years of Shame - NYTimes.com

Its a shame there is no more editorial integrity.

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U.S. deficit panel chair stirs uproar over remark

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Nigerian testifies that congressman sought bribes

A Nigerian businessman says a former U.S. congressman sought bribes on both ends of a business deal he brokered between an American company and a Nigerian startup.

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Rep. Frank sees banks TARP-free in a year

The U.S. banking system could be free of government money within a year, the powerful chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee said.

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Congress advancing much of Obama's budget

A budget pact reached on Capitol Hill would give an endorsement to the President's agenda by his 100th day in office while putting off a series of difficult decisions on health care, global warming and taxes.

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Dems: Texas governor should reject secession

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House OKs $410B bill to boost spending

The House has approved a $410 billion bill that boosts spending on domestic programs, bristles with congressional earmarks and chips away at policies left behind by the Bush administration.

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LaHood's talk of mileage tax nixed

White House and Transportation spokeswoman say idea won't be used

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BP to pay nearly $180 million in pollution case

The international energy giant BP has agreed to pay almost $180 million to settle a pollution case with the U.S. government.

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5 dolphins trapped behind drifting pack ice

Five exhausted dolphins have been trapped behind drifting pack ice for several days and now need rapid rescue, the mayor of an eastern Canadian village said Wednesday.

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U.N. accused of failing to protect Congolese

United Nations peacekeepers are coming under intense criticism for their failure to protect Congo civilians from slaughter at the hands of rebels.

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Congress trumps Obama, cuffs CEO bonuses

The stimulus package Congress passed imposes new limits on executive compensation that goes much further than restrictions proposed by the Obama administration last week.

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Fight building over judges redoing mortgages - Real estate- msnbc.com

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Toyota expected to barely break even this year

Toyota slashed its profit forecast Monday for the fiscal year to barely breaking even at $555 million) as Japan's top automaker gets hammered by plunging global demand and a surging yen.

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Trade barriers toughen with global slump

Only a few weeks after world leaders vowed at a Washington summit to reject trade protectionism and adhere to free-market principles as they combat the global financial crisis, a host of nations are already breaking that promise.

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Internet access denied for Sept. 11 defendant

A U.S. military judge has denied a request from professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for Internet access inside his Guantanamo cell, ruling he does not need it to prepare for his death penalty trial.

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