... . He saw our schools gaining the status as the best in the world, and our children having every opportunity to pursue higher education. He saw us all driving fuel efficient or hybrid cars, or taking the new high speed rails that would be the base of the mass transit system he was in favor of. He saw the rich no longer lining their pockets off of the misery of the middle class. He saw an ... equitable tax system, and a health care system ... able to raise taxes and set things right. He laid out some of his strategies in his economic plan. Now, when we need the money most of all is the be...

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... the American taxpayers for generations. The difference between a Ponzi scheme and the $700 billion dollar bailout is simple. Private investors know they're taking a risk, and it's their choice whether or not to do so. The perpetrators of the schemes can be prosecuted and sent to prison. Taxpayers have no choice. If they don't pay their taxes, the IRS swoops down and takes everything they own. Nobody in the government is going to go ... to prison for starting this thing. Many of them are probably benefitting from it, because ... ...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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The trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, the personal physician of the late Michael Jackson, took a turn for the worse after the 911 call was played to jurors on September 29th. Murray chose not to call for an ambulance for nearly thirty minutes after he first realized that Jackson needed medical attention - a ... fact that prosecutors are calling an attempt at a cover-up (Los Angeles Times). Jackson's security guard, Alberto Alvarez, took the stand against Murray, claiming that when he walked in the room, he saw Jackson's lifeless body on the floor and Murray acting incompetent. Murray made a half-he...

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... amounts are Amgen's Epogen, an anemia drug that is used in much more often in domestic clinics than abroad. However, these overdoses increase the risk of heart attacks and blood clots in patients. Since the new payment policy, Epogen sales have decreased (Pollack). The original lawsuit was filed in October of 2007. After two years of investigations, the federal government chose not to participate, prompting an amended complaint by ... not to join the lawsuit suggests a lack of evidence to support the claims. Furthermore, Myers claims that doctors chose the dosages, not DaVita, although ...

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... it accounted for three-fourths of the $10.6 billion U.S. trade deficit with South Korea. Furthermore, the White House is hopeful that the new provisions will create tens of thousands of new jobs in struggling auto and auto parts industries and up to $11 billion in new exports. Without the provisions, 345,000 American workers could be laid off, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Thomas Donohue, president of the Chamber of Commerce, said, "This agreement ... will create thousands of new jobs, advance our national ... ...

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... functioning, fulfilled, and fruitful member of society. The chains bound to him by meaningless work and the exploitation of all workers for their simple value of simply creating "things" while feeling the reduction of the self to a "thing", something inhuman, is predatory for the Proletariat. The question that needs to be answered is -is there a need for man to be fulfilled and free of the boundaries laid by years of Capitalist expansion or ... is it a necessity to? Is he so caught up in the very "things" in which he creates that the machinery of his making, becomes the machinery of the ...

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... being widely used now? One of the most obvious issues is cost. Newer technologies often cost more and the electric car is no exception. The battery must be recharged for long periods of time which makes for a convenience issue. Now, cars can be used anytime, and it only takes a quick fill up to keep going. The electric car requires more of a time commitment, and not everyone is willing to ... lose the time. What Are Hybrids? Hybrids ... you get the benefits of both engines without as much of the drawbacks of either. The traditional engine means that stopping to recharge for long periods...

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Bryan Clay won the decathlon at the 2008 Olympics, and according to tradition will be called the "best athlete in the world," as past winners, such as Bruce Jenner, Dan O"Brien, and Jim Thorpe, have been. Forget using his success to go from a little known athlete, to becoming rich by using his new found fame for endorsements for various products, because Bryan Clay has more ... to children. Golf has also been used to generate funds. Visa has also supported the charity, and the charity is also ready to accept donations. "The foundation assists high school physical education departments with the...

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... , making public service announcements on the radio, and using various other media sources to get the word out. It is the belief of CDC as well as other medical personnel that the more informed the public is about MRSA, the better control can be kept on its spread. "Recognizing the signs and receiving treatment in the early stages of a skin infection reduces the chances of the infection becoming severe or spreading," ... said Dr. Rachel Gorwitz, a pediatrician and medical epidemiologist. In identifying ... to keep their hands clean by washing often and taking care of cuts and other injuri...

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... men will overlook the wonderful things about Christina and never give themselves the chance to fall in love with the woman she is. Stuart, a fairly corpulent man himself, is a bit of a shy computer geek whose prospects for relationship were equally hampered before logging on and finding the love of his life. 3) Faster sifting with less invested- In real life, when relationships go south or when the parties simply don't click, often separating the ... two parties can be dicey. People in real life generally meet in workplace situations, or in similar social settings, or because of mutual f...

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... back into the economy, the retail industry recently asked the government for tax holiday periods, periods during which shoppers could buy items tax-free. The thinking behind this was that if more good were being purchased, prices could come down, and therefore more goods would be purchases once the taxes were applied again. However, the problem with this system is that consumers, hungry to go shopping ... again, could easily run up a considerable amount of debt, having the opposite effect on the economy than that which is desired. The holiday season may be over, but our collective money ...

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... ! This figure factors in everything, including financial advice, attorney's fees, counseling, and real estate costs involved in buying or renting separate homes. Yes, some of those expenses will be recovered when a couple sells the matrimonial home to divide up the proceeds, but in today's down market real estate isn't fetching top dollar, and often couples will end up owing more on their mortgages than their properties ... are worth. Suddenly, what could have been their biggest asset has become a liability. What's interesting is that in the past when times are tough divorce rates go up,...

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... : The United States and the world opinion. Not since the weeks and months immediately following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center have these two things collided in the way they did the night an African American stood before the nation and accepted the task America has laid before him. What effect will Obama have on the United States" place in the world? Already, his victory has given wings to the human-rights crusades of ... people around the ... ...

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Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was recently in America this week for the UN General Assembly being held in New York City. The problem with this is, that puts her right in the fire, so to speak. She and her country have defaulted on billions in debt owed to U.S. creditors. President Kirchner has repeatedly ignored the U.S. federal court system and supposedly removed any of her country's assets to outside the U.S. and away from collectors. With her being in New York this week for the UN talks, U.S. bondholders' have become more upset due this obvious slap in the face to the U.S. Justice s...

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... such an instance, but when pressed later by radio host, Laura Ingraham, Cain suddenly remembered the instance. "The word settlement suggested to me some sort of legal settlement," he explained about the mix-up, "and later as I thought about it and thought about it and I did recall an agreement with the lady that left who made the false accusation. So that's when I said yes, there was an agreement." Ingraham ... and Robin Meade from CNN were reluctant to let it go at that, demanding to know why Cain was ... just now remembering these events when he was initially asked days before (Oliph...

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... banks had a criminal intent. However, in some cases, the lock changers themselves have helped themselves to some of the household items. In Florida, repo men were reported for stealing a laptop, an MP3 player, and six bottles of wine (Alden). The attorneys general in 40 states are launching a joint investigation of allegations that banks are cutting corners and using fraudulent paperwork to foreclose on some homes. Bank ... of America is putting the brakes on foreclosures in all 50 ... their home in August than in any other month this year, as banks repossessed 25 percent more homes (...

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... of success, the other taking full blame in case the offensive was defeated. The men knew what they were heading into, and they went anyhow; not for a chain of command, but because of complete trust in an inspired and inspiring leader. History books are filled with the stories of brave men who fought for the inspired leaders that sent them charging valiantly and willingly to their deaths for a cause bigger than themselves. Leadership and the army go ... hand in hand, for men will ... ...

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... or are in danger of losing their homes, it seems that the bulk of Americans are more plagued by the promise of woe than the reality thereof. Internationally, the economic news for the travel industry is even better. 43 percent of international respondents to the same survey stated that they saw economic conditions as "terrible" and of those, only 15% have cancelled or delayed travel plans as the result of a sluggish or ... receding economy. In a time when gas prices have recently peaked before dropping to more reasonable levels, where so much of the news on economic fronts is grim or pro...

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... as if they came from an impoverished or war-torn environment. Without the waiver, potential visitors have to go the U.S. Embassy, pay a fee and be interviewed by a consular officer. Often they are rejected for questionable reasons, and this unfair situation has been illuminated as some of the non-visa waiver holding countries joined the European Union. The citizens of these countries were starting to feel, as Somogyi outlines above, as though ... they were second-class citizens when they tried to enter the U.S. Those with the visa waiver ... ...

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... a place that is foreign to them? The answer can be found in general expertise, the desire to train with the best in a particular sport, and even an attempt to escape persecution. A Matter Of Expertise Many foreign athletes flock to the U.S. to train because of the reputation that the U.S has for expertise in Olympic sport in general. Its overall history of being a major competitor in the Olympics and supporting its athletes draws foreign athletes ... Takes To Be The Best Many foreign athletes head to the U.S. specifically for aquatic sports. The U.S. has had so much success in this area...

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... sources. Solar energy in particular will become a physical reality instead of just an eco-friendly dream. Amazing Potential The problem with solar energy has often been its practicality or lack thereof. It is expensive and not all that durable in real life conditions. This is a large part of what keeps solar energy on the drawing board. Advances that could change all that, however, are ... not far away. Instead of building solar energy panels out of glass, scientists are working on making them out of plastic. This would make them cheaper, more flexible, and more durable. Also, they could...

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... routine testing in the U.S. for chronic hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is a main cause of liver cancer and disease. The recommendation suggests that testing be done on all persons born in Africa and Asia and that it also be done on others in the at-risk population, such as men who have sex with men and injection drug users. The recommendations sent out by the CDC, for the first time, come ... with guidelines for managing chronically infected patients of hepatitis B. "Chronic hepatitis B affects the lives of ... more than one million Americans, many of whom do not ... ...

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... that more than 2,000 cases of breast cancer will likely be diagnosed in men before the end of this year. Of that amount, it is estimated that as many as one-quarter of those diagnosed men could die from the disease. Unfortunately, those figures are not the entire story. There is also believed to be a staggering amount of male breast cancer cases that will go undetected until it is too late ... for in order to reduce the chances of the cancer returning to the initial site and spreading out from there. It is also often used to relieve the pain caused when the cancer spreads into bones. Th...

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The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. The day's events were planned to wrap up with a "general strike mass convergence, rally, and labor cookout." Each of these were intended to be peaceful protests, but a small faction began passing out fl...

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