Archive for the ‘Society’ Category
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Emergency? White House admits to planning bailout for months
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
[White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony] Fratto said it would be “unthinkable” for Congress not to pass legislation this week… Fratto insisted that the plan was not slapped together and had been drawn up as a contingency over previous months and weeks by administration officials. He acknowledged lawmakers were getting only days to peruse it…
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Immigrants No Longer See America as the Land of Prosperity
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
The number of immigrants coming to the United States slowed substantially in 2007, with the nation’s foreign-born population growing by only 511,000, compared with about a million a year since 2000, according to Census figures released today. In 14 states, the foreign-born population declined,…
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Young, Rich, and Calling Their Own Shots
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Entrepreneurs keep getting younger and younger, while their companies only get bigger. From solar energy to lobster trapping, the members of our annual 30 Under 30 list are shaking up a variety of industries — and doing it on their own terms. Meet the next big stars of the business world.
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Palin Spread Lies About Opponent’s Religion And Marriage
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Even though Palin knew that Stein is a Protestant Christian, from a Pennsylvania Dutch background, her campaign circulated the lie that she would be “Wasilla’s first Christian mayor.” …Her campaign also started a vicious whisper campaign, spreading the lie that Stein and his wife, who had chosen to keep her own last name, were not [...]
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CEO murdered by mob of sacked Indian workers
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Corporate India is in shock after a mob of sacked workers bludgeoned to death the chief executive who had dismissed them from a factory in a suburb of Delhi.
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