House Dems: Second Stimulus? Never Heard of it!

March 12, 2009

Nancy Pelosi said this week that she’s keeping the door open for a second stimulus bill. She may be the only one. As the nation continues to shed jobs, an increasing number of economists are saying Congress will need to pump more money into the economy this year. But reaction on Capitol Hill has been […]

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FBI Raids Obama Technology Chief's Office, Arrest Two, Kundra Not Target

March 12, 2009

WASHINGTON — FBI agents have arrested a District of Columbia government worker and another man while they search the offices of the city’s chief technology officer.

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Broder: Freeman Withdrawal is Loss to the Country

March 12, 2009

The Obama administration has just suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the lobbyists the president vowed to keep in their place, and their friends on Capitol Hill. The country has lost an able public servant in an area where President Obama has few personal credentials of his own — the handling of national […]

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Kaletsky: America, Obama Must Get Act Together

March 12, 2009

This could be the week when the greatest financial crisis in history finally reached its nadir. Then again, it could merely be another week in which a brief rally in global stock markets has suckered more investors, politicians and commentators into assuming that the worst is over, when the tentative improvement in financial confidence is […]

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Exports Plummet in China

March 12, 2009

HONG KONG — China’s exports plunged by a record 25.7 percent last month, but investment spending surged as the country’s stimulus program took hold, Beijing authorities said Wednesday.

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Economists Give Geithner, Obama Plans Low Grades

March 12, 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner received failing grades for their efforts to revive the economy from participants in the latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey.

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How Advertisers Utilize Smart Phones

March 12, 2009

The millions of people who use their cellphones daily to play games, download applications and browse the Web may not realize that they have an unseen companion: advertisers that can track their interests, their habits and even their location.

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Clyne: The Stem Cell Science Dodge

March 12, 2009

THE new “post-partisanship” was on full display Mon day in the East Room of the White House – where President Obama revoked Bush-era policies that, while providing the first federal funding for embryonic-stem-cell research, also set ethical limits to protect vulnerable human life.

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Benen: It's Totally Different When Carville Said he Wanted Bush to Fail

March 12, 2009

CARVILLE THEN, LIMBAUGH NOW…. Fox News’ Bill Sammon has an interesting piece today that some on the right are excited about. I don’t think they’ve thought this one through. (thanks to reader D.D. for the tip)

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United Football League Lands Four Former NFL Coaches

March 12, 2009

Former NFL coaches Dennis Green, Jim Fassel and Jim Haslett will lead teams in the new United Football League.

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