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Breaking up is hard to do

When it comes to understanding the real economy and the struggles of ordinary Americans, Senator Bernie Sanders always seems to be ahead of the curve and fighting like hell for Congress to show leadership and be responsive. Now he's doing it once again with his legislation to break up the Too Big To Fail financial institutions that pose a threat to our entire economy.

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Breaking up is hard to do

The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted — Because Only 0.027% of Iranians Are on Twitter

Remember the storyline about a new Iranian revolution after the elections this summer? The one fuelled by the internet generation? The one that got the state department to intervene to help Iranians Twitter

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The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted — Because Only 0.027% of Iranians Are on Twitter

Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear

That 16-year-old TechCrunch writer with 120,000 Twitter followers, who we wrote about yesterday , is part of a burgeoning child punditocracy.

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Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear

How Vice Spent $250,000 on an Anniversary Party

Vice spent $250,000 on their 15th Anniversary Halloween Party last night. Our intrepid Gawker Party Crash photographer Mo Pitz accompanied me out to a massive, two-story warehouse in Brooklyn to find out where the money went.

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How Vice Spent $250,000 on an Anniversary Party

Gawker Party Crash: Vice’s $250,000 15th Anniversary Party

Vice spent $250,000 on their 15th Anniversary Halloween Party last night. Our intrepid Gawker Party Crash photographer Mo Pitz accompanied me out to a massive, two-story warehouse in Brooklyn to find out where the money went. We have answers

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Gawker Party Crash: Vice’s $250,000 15th Anniversary Party

Big Book Reveals Generational Rift at the New York Times

The success of New York Times business reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin ‘s tome Too Big to Fail has provoked a debate in the fractious newsroom: is he a plugged-in wunderkind or an in-over-his-head cub reporter who mooches off his veteran colleagues? The 32-year-old Sorkin, the paper’s chief mergers and acquisitions reporter, is quickly becoming one of the paper’s most visible personalities.

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Big Book Reveals Generational Rift at the New York Times

Meet the Georgetown University Sophomore Who’s Hiring a Personal Assistant

Charley Cooper , an undergrad at Georgetown University, is a busy kid. So he’s hiring a personal assistant

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Meet the Georgetown University Sophomore Who’s Hiring a Personal Assistant

Raj Rajaratnam’s Awesome Insider Trading Adventure

Bernie Madoff is the financial criminal of the past . Billionaire hedge fund chief Raj Rajaratnam is the financial criminal of the moment! Slick back your hair, watch Wall Street , and forget Ponzi schemes— insider trading is back, big time! Raj Rajaratnam is the co-founder of the hedge fund Galleon Group.

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Raj Rajaratnam’s Awesome Insider Trading Adventure

Goldman Donations to Spark Massive Cognitive Dissonance

Executives at Goldman-Sachs aren’t known for their largess. But now, after the company and its powerful ties to DC have been dragged through the mud, officials may throw coin charity way

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Goldman Donations to Spark Massive Cognitive Dissonance

Lamar Odom Insists on Prenup; Khloe Kardashian Wedding to Be a Fake?

A day prior to her wedding, Khloe Kardashian has something old (father Bruce Jenner); something new (her breasts); something borrowed (the spotlight); and something blue (a sad sister Kim for being shoved out of said spotlight). She also has a lawyer.

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Lamar Odom Insists on Prenup; Khloe Kardashian Wedding to Be a Fake?