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Fed May See Lending to Companies, States as Next Crisis Fronts

by Andrew Brett Oct 06 2008, 10:05 AM Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may find the next fronts of the financial crisis to be just as chilling as last month's downfall of Wall Street titans: its spread to corporate America and state and local governments.

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UK disgusting smokers out of their habits with graphic medical images

by Andrew Brett Oct 02 2008, 11:09 AM The British are coming! The British are coming! And they're bringing disgusting pictures of medical abnormalities caused by cigarettes with them! Beginning yesterday, all cigarette packs sold in Great Britain will carry a photo of a medical problem that smoking may cause. A suite of 15 photos, carrying images that include lung cancer, ...

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BREAKING: McCain picks Gay-friendly Alaska Governor Palin for VP slot

by Andrew Brett Aug 29 2008, 11:05 AM John McCain picked Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin today to be his vice presidential running mate. Some quick reference points about Palin.Palin is noted for her independence from big oil companies and willingness to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions within Alaska.She proposed to eliminate the gas tax for her state ...

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Alaskan police officers making six figure salaries

by Andrew Brett Aug 29 2008, 09:30 AM How much would your job need to pay for you to move to Alaska? If you're a police officer from Minnesota, the magic number sits somewhere between $74,000 and $104,000 a year - at least that's what Anchorage Police Department recruiters are hoping. Due to severe staff shortages, the Anchorage Police Department is lobbying Minnesota and ...

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Why won't the EPA do its job?

by Andrew Brett Aug 26 2008, 12:28 PM As a slight to a Congress unable to compromise over carbon legislation and a Presidential administration hellbent on preventing regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, twelve states and Washington, D.C. have banded together to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its failure to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from oil ...

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Cheney played role in yet another scandal

by Andrew Brett Aug 26 2008, 10:30 AM Newsweek reported this week that "a two-year-old letter by Vice President Dick Cheney that pushed a controversial Alaska natural-gas pipeline bill is getting renewed scrutiny because of recently disclosed evidence in the Justice Department's corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens." On June 25, 2006, the FBI taped a ...

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Where the Hiring Is Hot

by Andrew Brett Aug 26 2008, 09:56 AM Every day seems to bring more bad news about newspaper colleagues around the country losing their jobs. The auto industry is shedding workers faster than gas-guzzling SUVs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says layoffs "were the highest for the month of June since 2003." Although the economy is in a funk, there is one employer who ...

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Congressman Calls for Four-Day Work Week for Federal Employees

by Andrew Brett Aug 21 2008, 12:08 PM With the burden of increasing gas prices squeezing the budgets of commuters throughout the region, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) has written a letter to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposing a policy initiative to limit unnecessary commuting by urging federal agencies to adopt a four-day, 40-hour work week ...

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Medical marijuana use gets a boost

by Andrew Brett Aug 21 2008, 10:38 AM A federal judge ignited the medical marijuana debate further yesterday after upholding a lawsuit brought by the city of Santa Cruz and various marijuana growers against federal drug enforcement agents that seized their crops in a 2002 raid.   In 1996, California voters approved by referendum a new law allowing individuals to grow and use ...

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McCain confused over how many houses he owns

by Andrew Brett Aug 21 2008, 10:07 AM If you're about to turn 72, working eighteen hour days, and married to the heiress of a mega-million dollar corporation, a few things might slip your mind. For Senator John McCain this week, that slip was how many homes he owned. In an interview Wednesday, the straight talk express was derailed when MCain stated he was uncertain how many ...

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