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Boss of Lehman Brothers left squirming as veteran Democrat grills him over multimillion-dollar pay
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McCain Helped Keating Friend in ‘05
http://washingtonindependent.com/ 11092/ mccain-helped-keating-friend-in-05When the Latch School, an Arizona special education institution, asked Sen. John McCain in 2003 to help it secure a $288,000 grant from the Federal Communications Commission — after the school’s request was denied in 2002 — his office didn’t appear to do much.
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Eco Experts Weigh In on Tonight’s Debate
http://washingtonindependent.com/ 11026/ eco-experts-weigh-in-on-tonights-debateWith the second presidential debate tonight, Grist asked some eco-geeks what questions on energy and the environment they’d like to see asked and answered by Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain. Climate expert Dan Weiss of the liberal think tank the Center for American Progress Action Fund wants to
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Life In The Post-American Age
http://boztopia.com/ ?p=353Where is the promised land Where is the brave new world Where do all dreams go when they die We can move the streets today – “Brave New World,” Covenant At any time of radical change or transformation, two things happen.
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Is the ‘Southern Strategy’ Alive and Well?
http://washingtonindependent.com/ 10982/ is-the-southern-strategy-alive-and-wellIt is getting pretty ugly on the road with the McCain campaign — and that may be an indication the character attacks on Sen. Barack Obama are working. After Gov. Sarah Palin spent a couple of days making an issue of Obama’s connection to former Weatherman William Ayers, Sen.
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Waxman to Paulson: AIG Is Still Being Irresponsible
http://washingtonindependent.com/ 10991/ waxman-to-paulson-aig-is-still-being-ir…The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee just spent a five-hour hearing detailing how American International Group gave millions in compensation to executives even as the world’s largest insurance company was posting huge losses. AIG executives even spent $443,000 for a weeklong retreat at the St.
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US Treasury Secretary Picks Goldman Sachs Executive to Head Bailout Plan
http://finegoldsilver.com/ information/ us-treasury-secretary-picks-goldman-sach…Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson turned to his former Wall Street firm, Goldman Sachs, when he picked a director to oversee the Troubled Assets Relief Program and the newly created Office of Financial Stability.
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What Were Lehman Officials Really Thinking?
http://washingtonindependent.com/ 10740/ what-were-lehman-officials-really-think…Lehman Bros. CEO Richard Fuld, in a written statement for the House oversight committee, portrays himself as a victim of mortgage-market forces beyond his control. Fuld writes, “What happened to Lehman Bros. [which could have been one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S.
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McCain Ad: Obama’s a ‘Hypocritical’ Liar
http://washingtonindependent.com/ 10856/ mccain-ad-obamas-a-hypocritical-liarIn its newest TV ad, titled “Hypo,” the McCain campaign labels Sen. Barack Obama a “hypocritical” liar. I’ll pause a moment to allow the irony — some might call it hypocrisy — of that sentence to sink in. PRODUCTION NOTES: Oh, where to begin? The spot begins with a story that was reported a couple of weeks ago in Missouri.
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Markets in red as crisis deepens
http://news.tourthailand.org/ business-news/ markets-in-red-as-crisis-deepens.ht…ECONOMY & INVESTING Markets in red as crisis deepens Europe struggles to cope with meltdown NUNTAWUN POLKUAMDEE and DARANA CHUDASRI and WICHIT CHANTANUSORNSIRI Share prices tumbled across the globe yesterday amid investor fears about the growing global market impact of the meltdown in the US financial sector.
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Full Video First U.S. Senate Debate
http://www.thereductbox.com/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ first-video-ussenate-debate/The “first debate” took place between U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu and State Treasurer John Kennedy yesterday at the Baton Rouge Press Club. I was initially hesitant to characterize it as the “first debate” because it was not open to the public and not broadcast on TV.
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