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Goldman Plays, We Pay

Truthout Feeds - Fri, 2011-04-22 00:31

The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly. Never in U.S. history has one company wielded such destructive power over our political economy, irrespective of whether a Republican or a Democrat happened to be president.

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Goldman Plays, We Pay

Truthout Feeds - Fri, 2011-04-22 00:31

The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly. Never in U.S. history has one company wielded such destructive power over our political economy, irrespective of whether a Republican or a Democrat happened to be president.

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HAITI LIVE BLOG DAY 3: Obama Taps George W. Bush, Bill Clinton to Lead US Relief Efforts

Truthout Feeds - Fri, 2011-01-14 13:12

Here's the link to Wednesday's live blog.

5:26 pm PDT: We couldn't leave for the day without first reporting on this development.

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HAITI LIVE BLOG DAY 3: Obama Pledges $100 Million to Support Relief Efforts

Truthout Feeds - Fri, 2011-01-14 13:12

Here's the link to Wednesday's live blog.

10:15 am PDT: President Obama said Thursday morning that he has earmarked $100 million to support recovery and relief efforts in Haiti following Tuesday's 7.0 magnitude earthquake that has left the country in ruins.

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Iran says 3 Americans should stand trial

AP - World News - 2 hours 23 min ago
By NASSER KARIMI 2010-08-01T07:39:36Z TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran reiterated on Sunday that three Americans jailed a year ago should stand trial on charges of illegally crossing the country's borders....

Cardiff 'must improve night life'

BBC - News - 2 hours 24 min ago
Cardiff needs to do more to attract its own people into the city centre at night warns an AM, as a survey of residents is launched.
Categories: BBC, News

UAE 'to deny Blackberry services'

BBC - News - 2 hours 27 min ago
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to suspend some Blackberry mobile phone services, having said the devices pose a "national security risk", its state news agency reports.
Categories: BBC, News

UAE to block many BlackBerry services in October

AP - World News - 2 hours 42 min ago
By 2010-08-01T07:20:23Z DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The United Arab Emirates says it plans to block some messaging and web services on BlackBerry smart phones beginning in October....

Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate

AP - U.S. News - 2 hours 58 min ago
By MICHAEL HILL 2010-08-01T07:03:52Z RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) -- It was high society inside and high security outside as Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend at an elegant estate in a Hudson River village where several prominent guests were spotted beforehand, but the husband-and-wife-to-be stayed out of sight....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Afghan roadside bomb kills six

BBC - News - 3 hours 17 min ago
Six civilians die after their minibus strikes a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar.
Categories: BBC, News

NBA Rookie of the Year going 120-130 mph on video

AP - U.S. News - 3 hours 24 min ago
By 2010-08-01T06:37:47Z SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The basketball court isn't the only place where Sacramento Kings player Tyreke Evans apparently likes to move fast....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison

AP - U.S. News - 3 hours 25 min ago
By AMANDA LEE MYERS 2010-08-01T06:37:22Z PHOENIX (AP) -- Police used helicopters and dogs Saturday to search for three convicted murderers who escaped from a northwest Arizona prison, kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and used the big rig to flee....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Murray battles into final in LA

BBC - News - 3 hours 37 min ago
Andy Murray reaches the Farmers Classic final in LA after coming through a topsy-turvy semi-final against Feliciano Lopez in Los Angeles.
Categories: BBC, News

Pakistanis criticize government response to floods

AP - World News - 3 hours 43 min ago
By 2010-08-01T06:18:52Z PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Residents of Pakistan's northwest have criticized the government's response to devastating flooding that has killed more than 800 people....

Crews gain ground on wildfire north of Los Angeles

AP - U.S. News - 3 hours 54 min ago
By 2010-08-01T06:07:52Z PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) -- A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke that promted air quality warnings as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo

AP - World News - 3 hours 55 min ago
By BEN FOX 2010-08-01T06:06:38Z SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo....

Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil

AP - U.S. News - 3 hours 56 min ago
By H. JOSEF HEBERT 2010-08-01T06:05:49Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Firefighting plane crashes in Canada

AP - World News - 3 hours 59 min ago
By 2010-08-01T06:02:37Z VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) -- A Canadian waterbombing plane battling wildfires deep in British Columbia's interior crashed on Saturday, search and rescue officials said....

Arizona immigration law activists hold vigil to back law

A candlelight vigil Friday in support of the state's controversial new immigration law and more arrests from protests against it wrapped up several days of activism and tension surrounding the implementation of the new law.

A federal judge's decision Wednesday to block some provisions in the law meant that its implementation Thursday was muted. But the decision did not please activists, and groups on both sides of the issue showed Friday that they will continue to call for the law's full implementation or rejection.

Subjects: Illegal immigration, support SB 1070, Stand with Arizona vigil, honor law-enforcement officers, Sen. Russell Pearce

2 men carried Mexican flags on field during Mets-Diamondbacks game

Two men carrying Mexican flags ran into the outfield during the seventh inning of the New York Mets’ game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night at Citi Field.

The men were apprehended by security fairly quickly without much incident.

Before the game, about 40 demonstrators across the street from the ballpark protested Arizona’s immigration law, chanting “Oppose racism!” and “Boycott Arizona!”

Topics = Illegal immigration, Mexican flags, SB1070, Arizona immigration law, demonstrators
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