Spanish Authorities Are Locking Up Trash Cans To Prevent People From Foraging For Food
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob WileHere's how bad the economic crisis has gotten in Spain, according to the New York Times' Suzanne Daley:
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Discover Is Refunding $200 Million To Credit Card Customers
• businessinsider, Shlomo Sprung and Jill KrasnyA federal investigation spelled bad news for consumers and Discover alike when it determined the bank had duped people into signing up for payment protection plans and other add-on services they probably didn't need.
Here's How Facebook Punishes Clients It Doesn't Like
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jim EdwardsWe noted recently that Facebook's list of newly approved "Strategic Preferred Marketing Developers (SPMD)" — client companies and agencies who qualify for early participation in beta ad products and other advanced looks at cool new stuff — contained
GARY JOHNSON Dream A Little
• http://www.youtube.com, govgaryjohnsonTwo-term Governor, Gary Johnson, says the people running America have a different idea than the people who founded it.
OBAMA TO UN: 'Time Is Not Unlimited' On Dealing With Iran Diplomatically
• http://www.businessinsider.com,President Barack Obama addressed the U.N. General Assembly this morning, where he told U.N. delegates that the U.S. will "do what we must" to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
The Lingerie Football League Says It Fired Some Of The Refs Now Officiating In The NFL
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kim BhasinPlayers, fans and the media alike are freaking out over the controversial end of the Monday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks.
The Tampa Bay Bucs Cheerleaders Made A Gangnam Style Dance Video
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Leah GoldmanAs Stephen Douglas at Big Lead Sports puts it: this is a fun distraction from the Seahawks-Packers debacle.
While The Little Guy Rushes In, Here's More Evidence That Big Investors Are Dumping This Rally
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Matthew BoeslerYesterday, we highlighted a note from Deutsche Bank chief equity strategist Binky Chadha pointing out that hedge funds are still underweight stocks while inflows into equity ETFs – a common investment vehicle for retail investors – are surging at rec
Fat Troops Are Forcing The Military To Totally Redesign Its Combat Gear
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Allison ChurchillThe Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, in Natick, Mass., revealed today they're in the middle of analyzing data from surveys that measured American troops for uniform size.
Marissa Mayer Is At This Very Moment Briefing Yahoos On Her Turnaround Plan
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Nicholas CarlsonYahoo needs a turnaround. So, two months ago, the board hired star Google exec, Marissa Mayer.
Generals: We're Tired Of Fat American Children
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey IngersollA group called 'Mission: Readiness' recently released a new report, titled "Still Too Fat To Fight."
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True grit: Dave Carder running across America
Frosty Wooldridge“I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
MEREDITH WHITNEY: Wall Street's As Bad As I've Ever Seen It
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Linette LopezMeredith Whitney was on CNBC yesterday chatting with Maria Bartiromo about her call on municipal bonds.
Post Title Word Cloud
• http://www.dailypaul.comRecent posts grouped by title word occurrence. Most common words on top, rarest on bottom.
Morally bound to pay off school debt or not?
• http://www.dailypaul.com, JarrettHey everyone. I just wanted to get your insight on something my friend said to me recently that's a bit of a conundrum for me. Let me preface this by saying that I'm current on all my student loans and bills.
Apple Supplier Foxconn Plant Closed in China After Riot
• http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.LSHANGHAI — Foxconn Technology, a major supplier to some of the world’s electronics giants, including Apple, said it had closed one of its large Chinese plants Monday after the police were called in to break up a fight among factory employees.
US Presidential Elections - For sale to highest bidder
• http://demonocracy.infoIn America, winning the Presidency has proven to be a question of how much money you're willing to spend.
What Ron Paul Might Have Said About That 47%
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Unlike Romney and Obama, Ron Paul is neither a repeater of Republican Party platitudes about “America’s greatness” nor a mumbler of silly socialist platitudes that sound like they were paraphrased directly from The Communist Manifesto (“From each acc
Restaurants oppose $7.2 billion credit-card fee settlement
• ReutersThe trade group's chief concern is that the settlement would prohibit all merchants that use Visa and MasterCard - whether they decide to opt in or opt out of the settlement - from filing future lawsuits over interchange issues.
U.S. top court to review blood tests to test driver sobriety
• ReutersThe US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether police must get a warrant before forcing a suspected drunken driver to submit to a blood test, in a case that could set a new legal standard for motorists' privacy.
Iran test-fires missiles designed to hit warships
• APIranian military leaders gave details of a new long-range drone and test fired four anti-ship missiles in a prelude to upcoming naval war games planned in an apparent response to U.S.-led warship drills in the Persian Gulf.
Army Corps not liable for Katrina damage: court
• ReutersA U.S. appeals court has reversed itself and found that the Army Corps of Engineers cannot be held liable in property owners' lawsuits over flood damage during Hurricane Katrina. More than 400 property owners had filed lawsuits after the
Warning Graphic Images: Man Crushed by Steamroller On Orders of Chinese Officials
• InfoWarsA villager in northern China attempting to resist a forced government relocation by remaining on his land was brutally crushed to death by a road flattening truck on the orders of a Chinese government official.
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Dispute escalates between China and Japan
• ReutersJapan and China’s historic dispute regarding ownership of a chain of islands in the East China Sea has recently resurfaced. The islands, referred to as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, began to be a source of tension in the 1970's when oil re
Government Do-Goodism Is a Trojan Horse
• Lew Rockwell blogThe US government combines joint military exercises and coordination with activities that once were conducted by missionaries and by private charitable organizations. Nepal is an example. Operation Pacific Angel is the broader organization
Funeral set for 83-year-old woman shot and killed by Altavista police officer
• .According to family members, an 83-year-old woman was shot and killed by an Altavista police officer Wednesday night. Family members tell WDBJ7 that Delma Towler called police because she thought someone was breaking into her home on 10th Street.
Fingerprints aren’t proof
• Salon“Fingerprint examiners typically testify in the language of absolute certainty.” But like many other claims for forensic science, the assertion that fingerprints are unique lacked a solid scientific basis and now is viewed with new caution.
Dow drops 100 after Fed official's warning
• APA quiet day on Wall Street turned into the worst sell-off in 3 months after a Federal Reserve official said he doubted the bank’s effort to boost economic growth would work. Charles Plosser, president of the Fed’s Philadelphia branch, told an audienc
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