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By Sebastian Moffett The normally easy-to-understand Christine Lagarde walked a diplomatic tightrope Thursday over the choice of a new IMF head. European and Asian governments

By Stacey Herbert There are some that since 2001 have doubted the bull market in precious metals.  In these past six weeks, however, everyone from

By Shahien Nasiripour A set of confidential federal audits accuse the nation’s five largest mortgage companies of defrauding taxpayers in their handling of foreclosures on

Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce legislation that allows the shipment and distribution of unpasteurized milk and milk products for human consumption across state lines.

By Stan Humphries Home values fell three percent in the first quarter of this year, marking a pace of decline not seen since 2008 when

By Jack Greiner The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Ohio’s proposed budget for the coming year includes a plan to sell an additional six prisons to

By Washington’s Blog Americans who have been paying attention are outraged that Bush lied us into Iraq by making up false claims about weapons of

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By Michael Gormley New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is seeking records from three major Wall Street banks as part of a broad investigation into

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John Lipsky is an American economist. He is currently the acting Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Previously the First Deputy Managing Director, he

By Joe Weisenthal Commodities have been getting clubbed of late, but it’s not clear yet whether this is a “dip” or the start of something

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the first and second reviews of Ireland’s performance under an economic program supported by

By Paul Joseph Watson A top Duma political leader caused shock waves in a recent television interview when he warned that Russia could deploy an

By Ben Dover After an emergency meeting of its Board of Governors on Sunday afternoon, the International Monetary Fund announced that it would sell gold

Dugersuren Tsagaantsooj is 30 years old and lives with his wife and two sons in a house in Hovd province, Mongolia. His older son goes

By Tyler Durden As we reported previously, Obama has found himself on the verge of another environmental scandal now that he has no choice but

By Joe Carroll and Michio Nakayama Tokyo Electric Power Co. said one of the reactor cores at its stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant is more

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By David Derbyshire Phone signals confuses bees and cause them to begin flying erratically before suddenly dying Signals from mobile phones could be partly to

The next 50 years of spaceflight will carry many challenges and surprises for explorers hoping to extend their reach into the cosmos. But it will

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By Rolling Stone Magazine A Senate committee has laid out the evidence. Now the Justice Department should bring criminal charges They weren’t murderers or anything;

By Joe Brennan and Dara Doyle Ireland’s government will impose a temporary levy on domestic private pension savings to fund a jobs plan aimed at

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“Every 30 Minutes”: Crushed by Debt and Neoliberal Reforms, Indian Farmers Commit Suicide at Staggering Rate Continue reading the article . . .

By Nadia Damouni and Bill Rigby Microsoft Corp plans to buy Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 billion in its biggest-ever acquisition, placing a rich

Shares in American International Group Inc. tumbled on Monday, deepening a slide that’s brought the insurer’s shares to the lowest point in eight months and

By Joe Weisenthal The big news of the day: Yet again, students are graduating college with a record amount of debt. Continue reading the article

Trading set to kick off in May as Hong Kong burnishes status By Chris Oliver Hong Kong is on track to kick off a new

By Daniel Wagner Fannie Mae asked the government Friday for an additional $8.5 billion in aid after declining home prices caused more defaults on loans

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San Francisco’s one-of-a-kind program puts nonviolent criminals to work for clean records. By Caroline Cournoyer In San Francisco, people accused of low-level, nonviolent crimes were

Top contractors dominate the market with billions in government business. The Top 100 government contractors pulled in nearly $130 billion in prime contracts last year. We

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called for more lending to people and small businesses in lower-income neighborhoods, saying they’ve been disproportionately hurt by the recession.

By Christian Reiermann The debt crisis in Greece has taken on a dramatic new twist. Sources with information about the government’s actions have informed SPIEGEL

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By Doug Palmer Tens of billions of dollars of Chinese investment could flood into the United States in the next decade, creating a multitude of

By Ivan Katz The decision by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association to file for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code may well turn out

By Rhodri Marsden Need help producing your new album or financing a film? Just ask someone you’ve never met to stump up the cash. ‘Crowdfunding’

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers exploded a large section of a Mississippi River levee Monday in a desperate attempt to protect an Illinois town

By Kevin Johnson In the Justice Department’s ornate Great Hall, a space traditionally reserved for its most important functions, Attorney General Eric Holder stepped before

Click to read PDF I thought I would post an old report made in 1996 from our Community Wizard databases. Rich place based data that

After 18 consecutive short-term extensions dating back to 2007, last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration

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Washington Times (28 Apr 11) – A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in

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Measure to Abolish North Dakota Property Taxes on Ballot Inforum (29 Apr 11) BISMARCK — A proposed constitutional amendment to abolish property taxes in North

Catherine Austin Fitts understanding of the global financial system and the inner workings of the Wall Street-Washington axis are unparalleled. As the former U.S. Assistant

(Reuters) 28 Apr 2011 – Tornadoes and violent storms ripped through seven southern states, killing at least 284 people in the country’s deadliest series of

Wall Street Journal (27 Apr 11) – The Federal Reserve used its first-ever news conference to signal it will phase out a controversial bond-buying program—and

Obama to Nominate Panetta to Succeed Gates American Forces Press Service (27 Apr 11) WASHINGTON, April 27, 2011 – President Barack Obama intends to nominate

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HOUSTON, April 27 (Reuters) – Severe storms and tornadoes moving through the U.S. Southeast dealt a severe blow to the Tennessee Valley Authority on Wednesday,

The spying iPhone is no accident. A recent Apple patent application reveals that the location-tracking dossiers accumulated in iPhones are to be used in apps

Video about a project that is developing do-it-yourself versions of 50 essential machines for civilization, many of which are food and agriculture-oriented: Factor E Farm

NoMoreFakeNews.com (20 Apr 2011) Futurists are inclined to predict a world in which AI (artificial intelligence) will take over a major portion of what is

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The U.S. Department of State is proposing a new Biographical Questionnaire for passport applicants. The proposed new Form DS-5513 asks for all addresses since birth;