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Somali pirates may extend deadline on threat
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A spokesman for Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia says his group is considering extending the deadline on its threat to destroy the vessel. -
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McCain camp offers mixed signals on economic proposals
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | 18 minutes ago | Politics
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Republican John McCain's campaign is sending mixed signals about whether the candidate will offer new proposals to address the financial crisis. -
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Bailout Sit-Down: Treasury, Fed and Major Wall Street Players Meet
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Krugman Wins Nobel Prize for Economics
Crooks and Liars (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
Congratulations and very well-deserved. Reuters : STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - U.S. economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of the Bush administration for policies that he argues led to the current financial crisis, won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics on Monday. The Nobel committee said the award was for Krugman's work that helps explain why some countries dominate international trade, starting with research... -
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Ousted commish: Palin's taken hit
NY Daily News (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Politics
Former Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan said Monday he feels "relieved" by a legislative report concluding that Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, abused her authority by trying to have her former brother-in-law fire
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Big Brown's racing career over after injury
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown's racing career is over after injuring his right front foot during a workout at Aqueduct on Monday. -
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Space Adventures launches astronaut
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Space Adventures Ltd. has taken space tourism to the next level. -
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Biden: McCain is trying to distract from economy
Boston Globe (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden is telling New Hampshire voters that John McCain is trying to distract them from the economy. -
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Armstrong to race in Giro d'Italia in 2009
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sports
Lance Armstrong agreed to ride in next year's Giro d'Italia, giving him a crucial test before his attempt to win an eighth Tour de France title. -
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J-Lo, Marc Anthony renew vows
New York Newsday (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Entertainment
Lopez and Anthony joined NY Mets' Carlos Beltran and his wife Jessica for a joint ceremony in Las Vegas, People.com reports. - see all breaking news
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Paul Krugman wins the Nobel Prize
Marginal Revolution (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | Politics
I'll be updating this post throughout the morning, so please come back if you are reading through RSS feed. He is cited for trade theory and, appropriately, location theory and economic geography. He could have been cited for his work... -
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10/13 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama 52 , McCain 40 (and ABC/WaPo is 53-43)
Daily Kos (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | Politics
Today's Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama up over McCain . All trackers are data from three days prior to posting, with the R2K numbers from today (yesterday's numbers in parentheses) and the other trackers from yesterday (previous day's data). LV=likely voter, RV=registered voter. Obama McCain MoE +/- RV/LV Today Research 2000 : 52 (53) 40 (40) 3 LV Reuters/Zogby : 48 (49) 44 (43) 2.8... -
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Politico removes its claim that McCain’s tax cuts are ‘aimed directly at the middle...
Think Progress (subscribe) | 15 hours ago | Politics
Earlier today, ThinkProgress criticized Politico.com for publishing a story that claimed John McCain’s proposed tax cuts for capital gains and dividends would be “aimed directly at the middle class.” Here was their original story’ lead: Tonight, Politico published a new story on McCain’s tax cuts that removed the false claim. Instead, the article states that the [...] -
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What is New Trade Theory?
Marginal Revolution (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Other
Congratulations to Paul Krugman on his Nobel. Here is a primer on one of Krugman's key contributions, New Trade Theory. Tyler has more links below. Ricardo showed that every country (and every person) has a comparative advantage, a good or... -
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Crush the Obamedia narrative: Look who’s “gripped by insane rage”
Michelle Malkin (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
The Obamedia is attempting to set yet another false narrative: The narrative of the McCain “mob.” [...] Read the rest » - see blog ranking see all discussions
