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Treasury chief warns against protectionism
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U.S. lawmakers called for fast action by the administration on a plan for the government to take direct stakes in certain big troubled banks and by Congress on a new economic aid plan. -
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N. Korea to resume dismantling nuclear facilities
NY Daily News (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ North Korea said Sunday it will resume dismantling its main nuclear facilities, hours after the U.S. removed the communist country from a list of states Washington says sponsor terrorism. -
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The Start of a Tribal Area Awakening?
Patterico's Pontifications (subscribe) | 29 minutes ago | World
[Guest post by DRJ] This may be good news from the tribal areas on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan: “Pakistani tribesmen are raising armies to battle al-Qaida and Taliban militants close to the Afghan border - a movement encouraged by the military and hailed as a sign its offensive there is succeeding. The often ramshackle forces lend [...] -
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Norbert weakens, heads for Texas
Denver Post (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | US
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, MEXICO — Norbert dissipated into a tropical depression over the northern mountains of mainland Mexico today, after ripping off roofs and forcing thousands to seek shelter in Baja California. -
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Pope creates 4 new saints, including Indian woman
San Fransisco Chronicle (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday gave the Roman Catholic church four new saints, including an Indian woman whose canonization is seen as a morale boost to Christians in India who have suffered Hindu violence. Thousands of faithful from the homelands of the new...
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Rep. Lewis clarifies George Wallace remark
CNN (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Politics
Georgia Rep. John Lewis said Saturday that controversial remarks he made comparing the feeling at recent Republican rallies to those of segregationist George Wallace were misinterpreted. -
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Where are the Libertarians on Troopergate?
The Volokh Conspiracy (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Politics
For obvious reasons, those on the left have seized on the Troopergate report as evidence of Gov. Palin’s shoddy tactics and unfitness to serve as Vice President. That’s entirely predictable. But... -
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Monta Ellis Won’t Get Paid For Watching
The Big Lead (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sports
So much for getting the mo-ped fixed. Ellis will be sitting out the beginning of the season with an ankle and ligament injury. Ellis violated - and I quote - “his lucrative new contract by getting into a mo-ped wreck.” No matter how many times I read “mo-ped wreck” I laugh. It sounds like the [...] -
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Metallica Drummer to Auction $12 Million Basquiat
Luxist (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Entertainment
Filed under: Auctions , Art Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is selling a massive 8-ft. wide Jean-Michel Basquiat painting at Christie's in New York on Nov. 12, where it's expected to fetch about $12 million. Untitled (Boxer) (above), painted in 1982, is an important "proxy self-portrait,'' Brett Gorvy, Christie's international co-head of postwar and contemporary art, tells Bloomberg. "The black artist... -
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U.S. Game Designer Hurtles into Space With DNA Cargo
Wired (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sciences
An American computer game designer -- along with two crewmates and the digitized DNA sequences of some of the world's most famous minds -- reached space Sunday. Wired.com - see all breaking news
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McCain Denounces Pitchfork-Wavers
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Here in Lakeville, the traveling press was pretty sure we'd see more of the kind of vicious anti-Obama attitude that's becoming a hallmark of McCain rallies of late. As the town hall started, McCain was off with more pep than usual. Making the same old jokes, but with energy that reminded us of "the old McCain." But would he use his power for good or evil? An audience member teed up a great big softball... -
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The Bride to Nowhere
Balloon Juice (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Politics
Pitbulls don’t know when to stop biting: With his electoral prospects fading by the day, Senator John McCain has fallen out with his vice-presidential running mate about the direction of his White House campaign. McCain has become alarmed about the fury unleashed by Sarah Palin, the moose-hunting “pitbull in lipstick”, against Senator Barack Obama. Cries of “terrorist” [...] -
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New York county prints ‘Barack Osama’ on ballots
Political Ticker (subscribe) | 10/10/2008 | US
This absentee ballot was sent out to voters in Rensselaer County in New York state. Photo credit: Albany Times Union newspaper (CNN) — Some are calling it a Freudian slip. Everyone’s calling it a big mistake. Hundreds of absentee ballots sent to voters in New York State’s Rensselaer County, near Albany, were printed with Barack Obama’s last [...] -
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My Letter to the Readers’ Rep About the L.A. Times’s Quotation of an Inaccurate Transcript
Patterico's Pontifications (subscribe) | 10/10/2008 | Politics
I just sent this to the Readers’ Rep: Jamie, A story I saw on the Times’s website yesterday contains the following passage: Palin told Fox’s Sean Hannity, in a transcript provided by the network: “And — not only those terrorist activities that Bill Ayers was involved in, but the questions need to be asked, I believe, when did [...] -
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Is this a video of the new MacBook?
CrunchGear (subscribe) | 10/10/2008 | Technology
Here’s a video from that Apple.pro website – the same site that’s been leaking all of these supposed photos of the new MacBook. I would take this video with a grain of salt for the following reasons: 1. They never zoom out and show the whole thing. 2. It looks kinda like a MacBook Air. Also, the [...] - see blog ranking see all discussions
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