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The latest joke around the adult entertainment industry is that sales have slid enough to justify asking the federal government for a bailout.
Companies say people were already spending less on naug...
[ Closed ] on 2009-04-01 EDT,
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On July 14, President Bush today lifted a presidential ban on offshore oil drilling on the outer continental shelf that was implemented by his father, escalating a confrontation with Democrats in Congr...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
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The importance of the Treasury secretary's role was on display in full force this year, as Henry M. Paulson Jr. dealt with the financial meltdown precipitated by the mortgage crisis and worked with Con...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-01 EST,
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President Raul Castro is shoring up Cuba's one-party rule after a smooth leadership change from his brother Fidel, announcing a Communist Party congress that should cement the move to a more institutio...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
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In early October 2008, China denounced the US government's decision to sell arms worth of about US$6.5 billion to Taiwan. The US government, in spite of China's repeated solemn representations, notifie...
[ Closed ] on 2009-02-01 EST,
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Will the Wall Street "Bailout" pass thru Senate and House by 10-5-2008?
[ End Result ]
Yes, pass in Senate & House
The latest revision of the Wall Street / Credit proposal is to come to a vote today, 1 Oct. 2008, in the Senate. If it passes there as expected, the House could act as soon as this evening to vote on ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-10-06 EDT
President George W. Bush announced on Jun 28 the United States would lift some trade sanctions on North Korea and remove the communist nation from its terrorism list, a dramatic move that came after Py...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-02 EDT
Since the sex scandals involving Larry Craig and now Eliot Spitzer, since things seem to happen in three's, it seems there will be another sex scandal involving a major U.S. politician in 2008. This c...
[ Scored ] on 2008-08-11 EDT
In two political showdowns Thursday, Democrats in the House refused to bow to presidential pressure to pass a broad surveillance law and voted to hold two Bush aides in contempt of Congress. President ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-10 EDT
Native Alaskans and environmentalists have filed a suit to prevent the federal government's sale of drilling leases in Alaska's Chukchi Sea. The sales, set to begin Wednesday, will allow drilling in ab...
[ Scored ] on 2008-04-01 EDT
The CIA has for the first time publicly admitted using the controversial method of "waterboarding" on terror suspects. Waterboarding is an interrogation technique in which the detainee is put in fear o...
[ Closed ] on 2008-03-05 EST,
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