Is Occupy Wall Street Dead?
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"Most of the social scientists who are at all like me - unsentimental leftists - ... think this movement is over.
NATO says only two light injuries to civilians during operation in Logar province, but local official reports at least 17 killed
The failed effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is widely seen as a crisis for the labor movement, and a pivotal moment in the 2012 U.S. presidential-election season.
Traditionally wartime presidents reap big defense contractor rewards in the form of campaign donations, and by the looks of the pre-election contributions, Obama is poised to be the winner.
The US Supreme Court ruled this week that it will not allow the four private security guards indicted in a 2007 Iraqi massacre to appeal charges related to the slaying.
Reports of a bank robbery in Colorado this week prompted the police to make a split decision to try to catch the culprits.
Hold the phone, anti-war activists. President Obama says that American troops are done with Operation Iraqi Freedom and their episode in Afghanistan is almost over.
The items discussed during last week’s Bilderberg Conference might remain under lock and key, but some eyewitnesses on hand at the elusive meeting of the elite say they might know who was involved in the top-secret talks.
Whenever U.S. forces inflict massive civilian casualties, it’s a “mistake” or the fault of the targets because they were “hiding” in populated areas. Yet, when civilian deaths occur in the country of a “designated enemy,” all ambiguity is swept aside
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Both candidates support wealth and power
24% of Americans believe that states have the right to secede, according to Rasmussen Reports -- up 10% in 2 years. Just one of many showing Americans have “serious and growing concern about the federal government,”
In clear contradiction of its own policy, the Transportation Security Administration continues to forbid travelers from using cameras at checkpoints. Meanwhile, a U.S. Congresswoman published a scathing report on how the agency responsible for scr
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has saved Florida taxpayers a whopping $200,000 . . . by eliminating the state’s two-year-old Innocence Commission. This would be the state that has seen 12 DNA exonerations since the onset of DNA testing, and 23 exoneratio
Police in Nashville have filed Tennessee’s first public nuisance lawsuit against a street gang consisting of Kurdish refugees, seeking to prohibit them from meeting in an area of downtown Nashville that includes city parks, an elementary school and n
Just over a year after the New Haven Police Department made a strenuous effort to educate its officers on the rights of citizens to record them in public, at least one veteran sergeant still refuses to accept this. But at least the department’s ch
Now those programs are at the heart of a bipartisan dispute over secrecy, with Congressional Republicans accusing the Obama administration of leaking classified information for political advantage and Democrats lodging their own protests about high-l
What's interesting to note in the Motions in limine filed in this case is that we (the plaintiff) filed a single 4-page motion with the court dealing specifically with exclusion of hearsay testimony & any issues not directly related to the specific i
Ethics investigators at the time accused her of improperly trying to facilitate federal bailout financing and do special favors for a bank, OneUnited, at a time when her husband had stock in the company worth about $200,000.
At the same time that high crop prices are prompting farmers to expand into millions of acres of land once considered unsuitable for farming, Congress is considering expanding a federal insurance program that reimburses farmers for most losses or dro
Three top members of the Federal Reserve said the central bank may have to take a fresh look at additional measures to stimulate economic growth amid a weakening in the U.S. economy and renewed threats from Europe.
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown resigned from his seat, hours after he was charged with bank fraud, plunging the city government into a leadership crisis. “Because of the great respect that I have for the institution that is the Council of the Dist
While Ernie Hancock is traveling I found a video that will keep you all warm and fuzzy inside until the fighter for liberty returns to Arizona.
It may feel like I'm out of touch with the precious metals markets to broach the subject of a mania today, but I think the table is being set now for a huge move into gold and silver.
Raymond Ong remixes the beauty & variety of nature into something nature could not have imagined: customized sneakers from genetically programmed stingray leather.
The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday painted a stark picture of the country's fiscal future, which will be determined in part by tough choices lawmakers face in the coming months on the federal budget.
The WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath -- whom Cardiff Garcia has dubbed "Fedwire" -- reports that more Fed action is now officially on the table due to the slew of weak incoming data.
Through notes from Peter Thiel's CS183: Startup class at Stanford University, we have a unique window into the mind of the venture capitalist and hedge fund manager.
Here’s an unusual duo for this version of bull versus super bull.
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