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On June 30th, federal, state and local authorities raided Rawesome Foods in Venice, CA. The Colbert Report just did this piece about it. The Colbert

State should have power to block individual computers from connecting to world wide web, claims Charney. By Paul Joseph Watson A new proposal by a

By Karl Denninger It’s about damned time. This is worth a read, even though it’s VERY long.  The bottom line is that all the Tickers

The mission of Project Censored is to teach students and the public about the role of a free press in a free society – and

By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Thom Weidlich Citigroup Inc. and Ally Financial Inc. units were sued by homeowners in Kentucky for allegedly conspiring with Mortgage

Defendants include Ameriquest Employees Ameriquest filed a civil lawsuit alleging that the defendants fraudulently obtained approximately 75 properties in Kansas City, Missouri and its neighboring

By David Streitfeld The foreclosure machinery that has forced millions of Americans out of their homes is beginning to seize up as some lenders and

By Ellen Brown “Maybe this is like shock therapy. Maybe this will actually get the lenders to the table and encourage them to work out

By Peggy Noonan In a recent trip to Omaha, Neb., I found a note prominently displayed in my hotel room warning of the possibility of

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may seek sanctions against two former State Street Corp. executives accused of misleading investors in a bond fund involved

By Vincent Fernando Total assets under management for U.S. emerging markets funds is now pretty close to the peak level it hit pre-crisis and what’s

By Tyler Durden Today’s latest chapter in what is now known as the new 3M: the Massive Mortgage Mess, is that Fidelity National has told

By Kara Scannell and Tom Lauricella Regulators investigating the causes of the May 6 “flash crash” singled out a Midwestern mutual-fund company’s computer-driven trade as

By Satyajit Das Detox Cures In the first half of 2010, angst about European sovereign debt receded and market volatility eased. In the second half

By Karen Freifeld and David Mildenberg Ambac Assurance Corp. sued Bank of America Corp. over $16.7 billion of mortgage-backed securities, saying the bank’s Countrywide Financial

Ohio Secretary of State Brunner has sent a criminal referral to the US attorney general over ubiquitous mortgage fraud. Continue reading the article . .

By Lymari Morales For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have little or no trust in the mass media to report

Shares in Monsanto slumped by 10% on Tuesday amid talk that some of the group’s top-of-the-range corn seed, genetically modified to protect against insect pests,

Global governance—the collective management of common problems at the international level—is at a critical juncture. Although global governance institutions have racked up many successes since

The IRS deployed a new preparer tax identification number (PTIN) registration system Tuesday as a component of its initiative to register and regulate paid tax

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By Shawn Tully The housing crash not yet realized its full impact on budgets in the most vulnerable states. It’s the banking crisis all over

By Tyler Durden With each passing day, the revalations in mortgage-gate, which has for now implicated GMAC and JPMorgan in foreclosing on mortgages without titles,

By C. Powell GATA’s freedom-of-information lawsuit against the Federal Reserve in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, an action seeking access to the

The Icelandic parliament, Althingi, just passed a parliamentary resolution with 33 votes against 30 to take former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde to High Court

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By Jack Farchy Financial Times Europe’s central banks have all but halted sales of their gold reserves, ending a run of large disposals each year

By Heidi Blake A space ambassador could be appointed by the United Nations to act as the first point of contact for aliens trying to

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By Harriet Johnson Brackey When Jason Grodensky bought his modest Fort Lauderdale home in December, he paid cash. But seven months later, he was surprised

[Thank you, Michael Shuman!] Every good or service imported unnecessarily from outside your community means lost income, jobs, and taxes from the business that might

by Eric deCarbonnel [You] will never know the difference if the toilet paper is 3/4″ narrower, right? Continue reading the article . . .

By Pete Kennedy More than ever S510 represents a major threat to the local food movement, states’ autonomy to regulate food, and the country’s ability

By John Hooper In unprecedented move, judge freezes €23m held in account at financial institution with close church links. The head of the Vatican bank

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By Joe Weisenthal The US economy is frequently compared to Japan in the early days of its lost decade, but here’s one way it’s way

By: David Gutierrez he Mexican government is moving forward with plans to ban all junk foods from public school by the start of the coming

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By Dr. Arthur Evangelista, PhD Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, may be the most dangerous bill in the history of the US. It is

By Chris Dever High-Fructose Corn Syrup – The Corn Refiners Association recently asked the FDA in the U.S. to allow high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to

By: Robin Knight The UK’s tax collection agency is putting forth a proposal that all employers send employee paychecks to the government, after which the

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U.S. household wealth fell by $1.5 trillion in the second quarter, according to Federal Reserve data on Friday that showed the strain a slow-paced recovery