SecDef Gates: North Korean Rocket Plans are Militaristic

March 30, 2009

(CNN) — There is little doubt that a planned North Korean rocket launch next month is designed to bolster that country’s military capability, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. He also indicated that the U.S. military could be prepared to shoot down a North Korean missile if the rogue regime develops the capability to reach […]

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Worldwide Double-digit Unemployment Looms, OECD Tells G8

March 30, 2009

ROME (Reuters) – The global economic crisis will hit jobs hard, with unemployment set to reach double digits in many developing and advanced countries, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Sunday.

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Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers

March 30, 2009

President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft — though far from planted — questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day.

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Britain Unveils Stem Cell Treatment for Women to Grow Bigger Breasts

March 30, 2009

A stem cell therapy offering “natural” breast enlargement is to be made available to British women for the first time. The treatment could boost cup size while reducing stomach fat. It involves extracting stem cells from spare fat on the stomach or thighs and growing them in a woman’s breasts. An increase of one cup […]

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Why Dylan Ratigan is Leaving CNBC's Fast Money

March 30, 2009

NEW YORK — Dylan Ratigan, the host of CNBC’s “Fast Money,” had just stepped out of his apartment in lower Manhattan on Sunday afternoon when a stranger stopped him. Recognizing Ratigan immediately, the man cut short a cell phone conversation and extended his hand.

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White House Forces Out Wagoner as General Motors CEO: That Bailout had Strings Attached

March 30, 2009

President Obama uses the threat of withheld cash to force out GM CEO Rick Wagoner and compel dramatic change to Chrysler, “marking one of the most dramatic government interventions in private industry since the economic crisis began last year.” Biggest losers? “The thousands of bondholders and lenders to both GM and Chrysler.”

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In Louisiana, Tide May Be Turning on Corruption

March 30, 2009

The days when corrupt politics was just part of the accepted local scene may be coming to an end in Bobby Jindal’s Louisiana. “Since Hurricane Katrina, people aren’t willing to tolerate public corruption anymore, officials say. ‘It’s no longer a spectator sport,’ one says.” New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin could be the last holdout.

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McCain Admits: Public Financing is Dead

March 30, 2009

Sen. John McCain, an architect of sweeping campaign-finance reform who got walloped by a presidential candidate armed with more than $750 million, predicts that no one will ever again accept federal matching funds to run for the nation’s highest office. “No Republican in his or her right mind is going to agree to public financing. […]

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CNN Prime Time in Third Place for First Time

March 30, 2009

NEW YORK – CNN is poised to finish March third in the prime-time weeknight ratings behind Fox News Channel and MSNBC, the first time this has ever happened for the channel that pioneered the cable news genre nearly three decades ago.

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New Revelations In Case of Olbermann v. Twitter

March 30, 2009

On Thursday, Twitter was atwitter and blogs were abuzz about Keith Olbermann’s embarrassing “Worst Person” fail, following a post by Greg Pollowitz at National Review Online highlighting the hilarity. Olbermann named Twitter his “Worst Person in the World” because he mistakenly believed he wasn’t on Twitter. He was. So I thought I’d do something that […]

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