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submitted by Antelope 60 months ago, from democracynow.org
The worst of the economic crisis may be far from over. That was the message of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Tuesday. ....[Democracy Now} speaks with former investment banker turned journalist and author, Nomi Prins, about “Why the Economy Went South.” More
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submitted by trippie48 59 months ago, from reuters.com
Al Gore, long mocked as an exaggerating bore, seems certain to land a lead role at the Democratic National Convention as an internationally recognized defender of the Earth. Eight years after losing one of the closest White House elections ever, Gore is being embraced by party faithful... More
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by Laurie Kellman from hosted.ap.org, 65 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Democrats, trying to get the jump on President Bush's State of the Union speech, challenged him Friday to renounce the use of waterboarding in interrogations, announce he will close Guantanamo Bay to detainees and outline new policies toward Pakistan and Iran.... More
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submitted by trippie48 59 months ago, from ap.google.com
President Bush has been a "total failure" in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video of the president criticizing the Democratic-led Congress... More
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submitted by ghostdog 62 months ago, from news.aol.com
It's no longer enough to live a greener life — now people are being encouraged to be environmentally friendly when they leave the Earth too. More
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submitted by agabriel 61 months ago, from thinkprogress.org
In a new interview with the Anniston Star (AL), former Democratic Alabama governor Don Siegelman speaks out about Karl Rove’s involvement in his prosecution. Siegelman is currently out on bond, after being sentenced to serve seven years in a bribery case in 2006. More
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submitted by blueheat 59 months ago, from ap.google.com
Across Capitol Hill, Democratic-led committees are considering punishments for past and present Bush administration officials for a range of alleged misdeeds, from discriminating against liberals at the Justice Department to blowing off subpoenas and lying to Congress. More
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submitted by bafficio 60 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to return to Senate politics next week, now that her run for the Democratic presidential nomination is over, but a campaign finance filing made plain last night that the effects of that losing effort will continue to weigh on her political future. More
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submitted by agabriel 57 months ago, from voices.washingtonpost.com
Democrat Barack Obama again shattered the monthly record for presidential fundraising, bringing in $66 million in August, according to figures his campaign released this morning. Obama also expanded his already enormous list of donors, adding more than 500,000 first-time donors in August and... More
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submitted by agabriel 59 months ago, from nytimes.com
Senior aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales broke the law by using politics to guide their hiring decisions for a wide range of important department positions, slowing the hiring process at critical times and damaging the department’s credibility and independence. More
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submitted by eooties 58 months ago, from latimes.com
Barack Obama told an audience at Orange County's Saddleback Church tonight that it was "above his pay grade" to define when a baby gets human rights, but he said that he's convinced there is a "moral and ethical dimension" to abortion. The likely Democratic candidate for president pledged to work.. More
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submitted by trippie48 59 months ago, from rawstory.com
The House Judiciary Committee has voted 20-14 to approve a contempt of Congress resolution against former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for his failure to appear after a Congressional subpoena. Voting along party lines Wednesday morning, the committee said Rove broke the law... More
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submitted by chiasma 63 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that it is "outrageous" that developed countries are turning food crops into bio fuels. He said that countries like the US were doing so while the world's poor are struggling with surging food prices. Delivering a lecture in Singapore, Mr Chidambaram... More
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submitted by trippie48 60 months ago, from nytimes.com
In a delicately phrased communiqué, the world’s richest countries pledged on Tuesday to press for a halving of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The leaders of the so-called Group of 8, are meeting in Toyako, Japan, and their statement seemed designed to cloak rather than resolve differences... More
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submitted by chiasma 59 months ago, from nytimes.com
Former Vice President Al Gore said on Thursday that Americans must abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels within a decade and rely on the sun, the winds and other environmentally friendly sources of power, or risk losing their national security as well as their creature comforts. More
