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Tim Weiner Discusses the History of the CIA

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 12th, 2010

In his balanced, and thus all the more disturbing, history of the CIA, Tim Weiner tells how an agency intended to inform the President about the world became so mired in cloak and dagger politics that the US now lacks the intelligence it needs to operate effectively on the world stage.

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Has Obama Hit Bottom?

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 11th, 2010

Come November, the president and his party may find themselves succeeding most by failing the least.

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North Dakota man pleads guilty to threatening Obama

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 10th, 2010

A North Dakota man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to threatening to kill President Barack Obama.

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Obama Using ‘Bounty Hunters’ for Health Care Fraud

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 10th, 2010

President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.

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Six Reasons Barack Obama is Still the Favorite in 2012

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 9th, 2010

In a recent Gallup Poll, Obama was losing by 14 points among these swing voters in a 2012 matchup to something called the "generic Republican." Will Obama become a one-term president or stick it out?

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Facebook launches payments between friends service

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 7th, 2010

“People share their statuses, their information and their pictures on Facebook so the question is why not share money there too?” said Christian von Hammel-Bonten, senior vice president at ClickandBuy.

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls Sept 11 “big fabrication

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 7th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a "big fabrication" that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported.||Ahmad...

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MMA Promotional Battle Heats Up Outside Cage

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 7th, 2010

A behind-the-scenes chess match has resulted in the UFC and its top rival, Strikeforce, running head-to-head tv specials on April 17. Strikeforce made the official announcement of an event on CBS, with 3 championship matches earlier in the week, then UFC president Dana White confirmed a show on the same date, "Ultimate Fight Night 22" on Spike.

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Obama Touts Green Jobs as Key to Recovery

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 6th, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama pushed his clean-energy agenda Friday, stressing in Arlington, Va., the prospect of green jobs fueling an economic recovery.

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Chile rebuilding ‘can take years’

Short URL - 154 views - Source - March 4th, 2010

The effort to rebuild Chile after Saturday's massive earthquake can take at least three years, Michelle Bachelet, the country's outgoing president, has said.

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RNC Memo Leaked: ‘Fear’ Strategy Planned

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 4th, 2010

The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on "fear" of President Barack Obama and a promise to "save the country from trending toward socialism."

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Obama – Healthcare debate is over.

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 4th, 2010

President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to vote "up or down" on sweeping health care legislation in the next few weeks, endorsing a plan that denies Senate Republicans the right to kill the bill by stalling with a filibuster.

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Obama Caught Lip-Syncing Speech (video)

Short URL - 4 views - Source - March 3rd, 2010

After Obama slips up during an address on health care, White House officials are forced to admit the president occasionally uses a backing track for important speeches.pa href="http://digg.com/politics/Obama_Caught_Lip_Syncing_Speech_video"Digg/a | a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_caught_lip_syncing_speech"Original/a/p

Governance Was Missing Link at Toyota

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 2nd, 2010

You know the joke that every bank branch has a president -- well, every Toyota facility has a president, and one can't tell another what to do.pa href="http://digg.com/world_news/Governance_Was_Missing_Link_at_Toyota"Digg/a | a href="http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/governance-was-missing-link-at-toyota/?cs=39610"Original/a/p

Obama to pitch “cash for caulkers” in Georgia

Short URL - 0 views - Source - March 2nd, 2010

President Barack Obama will announce details of an estimated $6 billion program on Tuesday to generate jobs by providing incentives for Americans to make their homes more energy.pa href="http://digg.com/business_finance/Obama_to_pitch_cash_for_caulkers_in_Georgia"Digg/a | a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6211C320100302?feedType=RSSfeedName=topNewsutm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29"Original/a/p