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Just as it was easy for me, back in 2007, to say GM, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Citigroup are broke, you just take a look at the balance sheet. You’re beyond a Minsky moment, and most countries are in that situation today.
President-elect Mohammed Morsi's rousing tribute to Egyptian sovereignty included a promise to work for the release of the Egyptian-born Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, jailed for plotting a series of New York City bombings.
A judge granted Meredith Nilan a harassment prevention order against local blogger Dan Valenti, and ordered him to remove any references to her from his website, Planet Valenti. Nilan faced criminal charges related to a car accident
With convicted serial child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky behind bars, new questions are surfacing about what Penn State officials knew about the coach's encounter with a boy in the shower -- and whether they covered it up.
The Department of Justice will not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder after the Republican-led House of Representatives voted to hold him in contempt of Congress, the White House said .
Despite voting to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress, there’s little House Republicans can do in the short term to compel him to turn over documents — unless it wanted to revisit a long-dormant power and arrest him.
Norton Dam, Kan., hit 118 F. on Thursday, and 32 communities from Colorado to Indiana just posted their highest temperatures ever. Forecasters say back-to-back La Niñas are partly to blame.
Modern technology may have resurrected the oldest sound recording in the world from an image in a German magazine from 1890. The recording is the muffled voice of the father of the gramophone, Emile Berliner he recites Friedrich Schiller's ballad ''D
Wang Lijun, former Chongqing police chief, briefly holed up in the Chengdu U.S. consulate in February, a step that ultimately led to the ousting of Chongqing's former leader Bo Xilai from the top ranks of Communist Party
The judge in the landmark bankruptcy of Alabama's Jefferson County sided with Wall Street creditors on Friday and sharply limited how the cash-strapped local government can use funds generated by its sewer system. The ruling, in a months-long cour
New “Blood draw warrants” allow authorities to take blood samples with or without your permission. As reported on various local news sources such as WBIR, WATE, WVLT and even on Yahoo News, refusal is no longer an option, as a search warrant can no
If a gentleman at the bar gets a woman’s heart racing, the dress will show more skin. A dull conversation from an unwanted suitor will keep the dress opaque.
They had good, stable jobs - until the recession hit. Now they're living out of their cars in parking lots.
"Individual Mandate Most Bizarre Tax in the History of the Country."
Ben Swann Reality Check breaks down the Affordable Care Act ruling by the Supreme Court and looks at why the determination that the law is a tax may make it invalid
The history of the Nazi Party is filled with darkness and mystery. Perhaps no one will ever know the extent of what went on within its ranks ...
"The world´s financial markets seem obsessed with daily monetary and fiscal policy evolutions in euroland which form the basis for risk on/risk off days in the marketplace and the overall successful deployment of carry strategies so important to asse
The Fate of the Global Financial System Hangs in the Balance ... Critical meetings are taking place today and tomorrow which may decide the fate of the EU.
Laughable Text of EU "Memorandum of Understanding"; ESM Not Been Ratified Yet Already Requires Changes; How Much ESM Firepower Is There?
Offices of two US Senators contradict statements of Special Operations Command
Regardless of whether you agree with the fundamentals of Obamacare, the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court has now ruled the federal government has the power to tax Americans into mandatory purchases of private industry products means an end to economi
How to repair drywall is one of the most common questions on a home improvement website, and here’s the reason why.
In a past post about oregano oil, I discussed its germ-killing, anti-inflammatory, and pain relieving properties. Now, I’d like to cover how it can be used to address a wide range of problems. Here’s a guide to help you get the most out of this wonde
Japan has found a large deposit of rare earth minerals in its Pacific seabed, enough to supply its hi-tech industries for more than 200 years, a scientist said Friday.
The United States exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran hours before a deadline, saying that major economies were united in pressuring Tehran.
Speaking to the hosts of CBS This Morning on Friday about the plot of his new drug war film “Savages,” filmmaker Oliver Stone took a moment to help his interviewers understand his affinity for marijuana, saying that it helped him and many others avoi
The Constitutional Court of Colombia approved a plan that will drop all criminal penalties for individuals caught with small amounts of marijuana or cocaine, according to Spanish-language media reports.
The B612 Foundation will use its deep-space craft to map the orbit of every potentially Earth-smashing asteroid for the next hundred years
Lithium-ion batteries work by stacking active ingredients in layers. In your laptop and phone, the layers are stacked into a block, but a new process could make that seem quaint: spray-paint the necessary layers onto any surface like paint, to make a
A crew of scientists and astronauts prepare to feed human colonists on the Red Planet
