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Dow Crosses 11,000 Mark
Dow Crosses 11,000 Bloomberg reports: Stocks rallied, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 11, 000 for the first time since the May 6 crash, while Treasuries climbed and the dollar slipped as a decrease in U.S. jobs bolstered speculation the Federal Reserve will buy …
Watch Sanchez: "I Screwed Up"
Watch Sanchez: "I Screwed Up" This morning on ABC's Good Morning America, Rick Sanchez spoke to George Stephanopoulos about his firing from CNN. Click here for more.FBI Gets Caught Spying, Wants Tracker Back
FBI Caught Spying img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-48861" title="GPS-Tracking-Device (1)" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/gps-tracking-device-1.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />The Economist: Time To End Gerrymandering
The Economist: End Gerrymandering img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-48853" title="IL17_110 (1)" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/il17_110-1.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="103" />Finding the Silver Lining in the Grim Jobs Report
Amidst all of the doom and gloom over the recent dismal jobs report, there are two bright spots that are being overlooked. A lot of news reports in the next few days will focus, correctly, on the generally dismal jobs picture the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just announced. There’s no …Bank of America Continues Foreclosure Moratorium
B of A Halts Foreclosures img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-42203" title="foreclosure home" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/foreclosure-home.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />No One Ends Up on Top in Duke Hookup Scene
Karen Owen's PowerPoint on her hookups with Duke athletes is another troubling sign of how young women are treating meaningless sex as a game. There is a trend among young, single women these days – primarily on college campuses – to think of each meaningless hookup as some sort of conquest. …The Ultimate Death Panel
The new dystopian film "Never Let Me Go" features a government healthcare system more terrifying than a tea partier's worst nightmare. "These days, I spend most of my life not looking forward, but back." These words are not spoken by a wheelchair-bound old bubbie or biddie in a nursing home …The Fat Diaries: Surviving the Hospital Food Diet
When I'm sick, I usually have no interest in eating, thanks to bad memories of nauseating hospital food. But I do get a taste for gin. This week I’m sick, so I’m writing about that. I’ve managed to get both bronchitis and a sinus infection simultaneously. I try to stave off these yearly …
Is Flirting Ever OK If You're Married?
David Eddie hears from a reader annoyed that his married friends continue to flirt with others. Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie hears from a reader annoyed by married friends who continue to flirt with others. The reader writes: In my large group of close friends, there are two …Knowing When to Lend a Hand
Often times the best good Samaritans are the ones who arrive when you least expect it. Writing in the Washington Examiner , Meghan Cox Gurdon finds that the best good Samaritans are the ones who arrive when you least expect it. I've always envied people who know instinctively how to give …A Reelected Murkowski Would Remain Republican
Murkowski Will Remain Republican img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-42373" title="Lisa Murkowski" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/lisa-murkowski1.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />O'Donnell: "I Haven't Been Embarrassed"
O'Donnell: "I Haven't Been Embarrassed" img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-44609" title="christine o'donnell" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/christine-odonnell.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />NJ Tea Party Candidate Secret Dem Plant
"NJ Tea Party" Candidate Secret Democratic Plant img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-48811" title="destefano (1)" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/destefano-1.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Reid Gets Nevada GOP Endorsements
Reid Gets Nevada GOP Endorsements img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-17398" title="harry_reid(2)" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/harry_reid2.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="100" />Brown Aide: Call Meg Whitman "A Whore"
Brown Aide: Call Whitman "A Whore" img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-33638" title="jerry-brown" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/jerry-brown.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Robinson: Why Won't The GOP Pursue Black Voters?
Robinson: Why Won't GOP Pursue Black Voters? img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-48803" title="Eugene Robinson 2 (1)" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/eugene-robinson-2-1.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Unemployment Rate Still Stuck at 9.6 Percent
Jobless Rate Stuck At 9.6% img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-22119" title="unemployment(2)" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/unemployment2.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />NSC Advisor Jones to Retire
NSC Advisor Jones to Retire The Los Angeles Times reports: President Obama will announce Friday that retired Gen. James L. Jones is resigning as national security advisor, to be replaced by deputy national security advisor Tom Donilon, an administration official confirmed. …