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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Spending on recall election campaigns for Wisconsin’s Senate, seen as a potential gauge of public sentiment, has reached about $30 million, largely by outside interest groups, a nonpartisan watchdog said on Thursday.
Continue Reading →TAMPA — Mitt Romney has dispatched three senior campaign officials to hold strategy briefings with Republican National Committee members at the RNC’s summer meeting here, as Romney tries to consolidate the party establishment around his 2012 candidacy.
Continue Reading →Sarah Palin’s hair could be the newest reality TV darling in September when TLC debuts a new program centering around the Tea Party figurehead’s hometown salon in Alaska.
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After more than 10 years of NATO “peacekeeping”, tensions remain high between the breakway Serb republic of Kosovo, now dominated by an Albanian ethnic minority, and Serbia after the Albanian-led government of Kosovo banned all imports from Serbia.
On July 30th, 2011, Kosovo police, acting without NATO’s knowledge, moved in to seize two border posts [...]
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Traders struggle over a skiddish market that is bouncing up an down after a rash of bad economic data and a record accumulation of US debt, over $220 billion in one day, after the debt ceiling was raised.
After multiple rounds of so-called stimulus, the economy remains stalled and is actually shrinking on a per-capita [...]
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Stocks sold off sharply across the board in another volatile session Thursday as fears over a global economic slowdown intensified and ahead of the widely-followed monthly unemployment report.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted sharply, led by Caterpillar [CAT 91.5325 -4.7475 (-4.93%) ] and Alcoa [AA 13.485 -0.775 [...]
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While lines of communication stay cut, more people are protesting the Syrian Regime. Six were killed in these protests.
Syrian security forces shot dead six people who took part in anti-regime protests that erupted after special nighttime Ramadan prayers across the country, activists said Thursday. The latest killings came as telephone and communication [...]
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The past few days stocks have been falling due to the uncertainty surrounding the debt deal. Wednesday they finally rose above the red to close at a decent level.
Stocks settled Wednesday with just a slight gain, but it earned Wall Street a cheer along the lines of “nice save.”
Without an afternoon rally, [...]
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While lines of communication stay cut, more people are protesting the Syrian Regime. Six were killed in these protests.
Syrian security forces shot dead six people who took part in anti-regime protests that erupted after special nighttime Ramadan prayers across the country, activists said Thursday. The latest killings came as telephone and communication [...]
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If you were following any of the trending topics yesterday you would have seen a curious hashtag labeled #mosman. Mosman is a suburb in Sydney, Australia where a young girl apparently had a bomb strapped to her neck.
An intruder apparently entered the home of Madeleine Pulver, 18, and fastened to her neck what [...]
Continue Reading →The first media buy for Revolution PAC distinguishes Ron Paul from the rest.Northbrook, IL (PRWEB) August 03, 2011 Revolution PAC, the new Super PAC formed in support of Congressman Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential bid, has made its first media buy, it was announced today.The buy includes a full-page ad in the Ames Tribune, and billboards in strategic locations in Iowa.”The ads we’ve placed …
Continue Reading →WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty’s top policy adviser has left the campaign after less than two months, a Pawlenty spokesman said on Wednesday.
Continue Reading →An ex-aide to Pennsylvanian Rick Santorum wants to reclaim what his old boss lost in 2006: a seat in the United States Senate.
Continue Reading →Church of Latter Day Saints defends faith of potential presidential candidates.
Continue Reading →Sarah Palin knocked presidential candidate Mitt Romney yesterday for waiting until the debt-ceiling compromise was a “done deal” before speaking out against it.
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After years of turmoil, Mubarak is not being tried for his plot to kill protestors who usurped him in February. He denies all accusations that have come his way.
Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into a Cairo court on a hospital bed today and charged with conspiracy to kill some of the protesters [...]
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The latest famine hitting the horn of Africa has been the focus of many aid groups. This week many are expected to receive relief
A team assessing the extent of famine in northern and eastern Kenya visits Wajir
The government officials, leaders, medical and humanitarian officials from Germany visited a number of drought-hit [...]
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After suddenly backing out of the race of president, it looks like Donald Trump may still be in the running. Sources are reporting that he still wants to run for president based on certain circumstances.
Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Friday he’d consider running for president — again — if the U.S. economy [...]
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It’s one thing to start your on investment management firm, it’s another to help US citizens evade taxes. That is exactly what Martin Lack did.
WASHINGTON – Martin Lack, a former UBS AG banker who is currently an independent asset manager, has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Justice Department [...]
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With news of the debt ceiling debacle as well as other world news, the phone hacking scandal has taken a back seat to other issues. What people don’t realize is the investigation is still ongoing and more is to come, according to Tom Watson.
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The Alaska hair salon made famous for Sarah Palin’s up-do is getting the reality show treatment in a two-part series to be aired in September on TLC.
Continue Reading →Yesterday we learned that former House Speaker and current presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is cheating. No, not with a woman; we already know all about how Gingrich’s love for America drove him to cheat on his first and second wives. Nope, yesterday Gawker broke the story that Gingrich is cheating in a much more heinous way: on Twitter. An ex-staffer claims that Gingrich’s campaign hired an …
Continue Reading →LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Rachel Maddow has extended her MSNBC contract and will stay with the network through the 2012 election and well beyond, TheWrap has confirmed.
Continue Reading →ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – The Wasilla, Alaska, beauty salon credited with designing Sarah Palin’s trademark “up-do” hairstyle will be the subject of its own reality television show, “Big Hair Alaska”.
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Joe Biden doesn’t know when to shut his mouth, and his latest outburst is most likely going to get him in trouble once again. He is cited as calling Republicans terrorists.
Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the [...]
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The latest debt deal is being heralded as a win across all boards. Here is a short article explaining why it is a win for bipartisan agreement, the economy, and other factors.
Release Time: For Immediate Release BIPARTISAN DEBT DEAL: A WIN FOR THE ECONOMY AND BUDGET DISCIPLINE The debt deal announced today is a [...]
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More violence in Pakistan’s Karachi province, which has been the main area of violence for quite some time. Most of it seems to be targeted killing, according to sources.
KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s interior minister warned of stern action against militants and criminals on Tuesday in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi, with unabated violence [...]
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If you don’t know about the latest Arms Trade Treaty circling the UN, you should read this article. The ramifications that the treaty has could be extremely disadvantageous to Americans who want to or own guns.
The United Nations is preparing to finalize its Arms Trade Treaty in 2012, better known in the United States [...]
Continue Reading →Texas Rep. Ron Paul is “strongly against” the debt ceiling compromise between the White House and congressional leaders, a spokesman said.
Continue Reading →Tim Pawlenty’s spokesman slammed the potential deal to end the debt ceiling negotiations, calling it “nothing to celebrate.”
Continue Reading →The top GOP 2012 candidates are criticizing the deal to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit, which Congress is now considering. After Washington’s political class spent months in bitter partisan …
Continue Reading →Mitt Romney bolsters his reputation for insincerity by pandering to the right, says Michael Tomasky.
Continue Reading →It’s official: Mitt Romney is against the debt limit-raising deal struck between President Obama and congressional leaders.
Continue Reading →Sarah Palin is the latest to add her voice to the chorus of politicians and pundits criticizing Vice President Joe Biden for allegedly saying that tea party lawmakers “acted like terrorists” during the debt-ceiling negotiations.
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