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Why the Hell Shouldn’t We Have Terror Trials Here?

Rich Uncle Bloomberg does not want terrorist Khalid Shaikh Mohammed tried in Federal court in lower Manhattan. And so now it will probably not happen. Not because of fear of terror, but because of fear of real estate prices dropping.

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Why the Hell Shouldn’t We Have Terror Trials Here?

Gold hits 7-week low as dollar firms

“Gold hit 7-week lows on Tuesday, hurt by a firmer dollar which analysts see pressuring bullion into the new year. Analysts said gold could test lows in the near term after breaking through $1,100, as investors close positions before the end of the year, but their appetite to buy bullion on dips would support the market.

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Gold hits 7-week low as dollar firms

It’s the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fine’s

2009’s National Book Awards went down last night.

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It’s the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fine’s

It’s the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fine

2009’s National Book Awards went down last night. In delightful twists of irony, they were a) sponsored by Google, b) held on Wall Street, and c) James Franco was there

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It’s the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fine

Big vote for health overhaul in Senate committee TODAY

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's plan to remake the nation's health care system is about to take its biggest step yet toward becoming reality.

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Big vote for health overhaul in Senate committee TODAY

White House: Fox News Is "Opinion Masquerading As News"

This is becoming the big news regarding how FOX news acts! added by: kennymotown 5 responses

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Dems scramble after warning from health insurers

Insurance companies aren't playing nice any more. Their dire message that health care legislation will drive up premiums for people who already have coverage comes as a warning shot at a crucial point in the debate and threatens President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. Democrats and their allies scrambled on Monday to knock down a new industry-funded study forecasting that Senate legislation, over time, will add thousands of dollars to the cost of a typical policy

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Dems scramble after warning from health insurers

Oldest "Human" Skeleton Found–Disproves "Missing Link"

Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor. The find reveals that our forebears underwent a previously unknown stage of evolution more than a million years before Lucy, the iconic early human ancestor specimen that walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago. The centerpiece of a treasure trove of new fossils, the skeleton—assigned to a species called Ardipithecus ramidus—belonged to a small-brained, 110-pound (50-kilogram) female nicknamed “Ardi.” (See pictures of Ardipithecus ramidus.) The fossil puts to rest the notion, popular since Darwin's time, that a chimpanzee-like missing link—resembling something between humans and today's apes—would eventually be found at the root of the human family tree.

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Moore: If there’s no revolution, I quit

Michael Moore is at it again. In Fahrenheit 9/11, he took on US foreign policy as brought to us by George W.

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Moore: If there’s no revolution, I quit

Newsweek CEO Must’ve Skipped the ‘How Not to Fire Employees’ Seminar

The way Newsweek employees get fired now: Shamelessly and publicly, via mass emails from their boss singing the praises of their incoming replacements while encouraging their co-workers to wish their shit-canned asses “bon chance” on the way out the door. A tipster forwarded us this email from Newsweek CEO Tom Ascheim announcing the firing of six top managers. It begins: To note the obvious, we find ourselves in transformational times.

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Newsweek CEO Must’ve Skipped the ‘How Not to Fire Employees’ Seminar