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Bitten by the alligator tax
Here's a quick questionnaire: Who owns the road known as Alligator Alley? We do. Who elected the state officials who are in charge of running and maintaining Alligator Alley? We did. Which elected officials have absolutely no capability of managing...Tags: Florida Department of Transportation, Everglades
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Wells Fargo gets favorable federal court ruling as it battles Citigroup to take over Wachovia
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ The battle for control of troubled bank Wachovia tilted toward Wells Fargo Sunday as a state appeals court blocked a lower court ruling that had favored rival bidder Citigroup. At stake is the $339 billion in Wachovia deposits and its...Tags: Golden West Financial Corporation, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Corporate Officers, Washington Mutual Inc., Wells Fargo & Co.
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Citigroup And Wells Fargo Pursue Battle Over Wachovia
Citigroup intensified its pursuit of Wachovia over the weekend, even as the Charlotte bank continued to spurn Citigroup's advances in favor of an acquisition by Wells Fargo. At stake is the $339 billion in Wachovia deposits and its network of more than...Tags: Court Administration, Washington Post Company, Local Authority, Wachovia Corp., Citigroup Incorporated
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Fewer Folks Taking Palin Seriously
Savor the irony. Sarah Palin's debate performance got raves from the mainstream media she and her handlers blame for, well, everything. The rap went like this: by "exceeding expectations" she'd won, once again breathing life into John McCain's corpse of a...Tags: Polls, Nelson Mandela, National Government, Government, Dick Cheney
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Turn on, tune in, tie one on for vice-presidential debate
It usually takes a lot to endure a vice-presidential debate. A lot of booze, for starters. Tonight's showdown in St. Louis is different. As famed candidate James Stockdale said to open the 1992 debate: "Who am I? Why am I here?" For once, we know who...Tags: Matt Lauer, Heads of State, Government, National Government, Joe Biden
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Obama calls for increased accountability on Wall Street
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Democrat Barack Obama promised yesterday that if he is elected president "American taxpayers will never again have to put their money on the line to pay for the greed and irresponsibility of Wall Street." The Illinois senator said...Tags: John Kerry, Barack Obama, Government, National Government, Dick Cheney
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A Cuban immigrant goes home (almost)
South Florida Sun-SentinelMy traveling mates quickly boarded the idling U.S. Navy launch tasked with ferrying us to the airstrip a few miles to the east. We were an hour behind schedule, the sun was setting over the foothills and our military hosts were in a hurry to get us on the...Tags: Jack Nicholson, Fidel Castro, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Prisons
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Crisis a reminder to invest at home
We have seen last week some tragic results of the greatly flawed economic policies of the American empire ("U.S. giving AIG $85 billion loan," Sept. 17). We now need strong regulations and antitrust policies because the "free enterprise system" is...Tags: Catonsville, Economic Policy
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Worried eyes turn to Wachovia
Associated PressAlthough Wachovia Corp. has been mentioned as one of the more troubled big U.S. banks, at least some analysts believe it is not at risk and is unlikely to suffer the same fate as Washington Mutual Inc. Still, investor anxiety about the future of the...Tags: National Government, Mortgages, Government, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Golden West Financial Corporation
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Viewpoint: Republicans and 'the dream'
Back in the 1980s, when Sen. John McCain was entangled in the Keating Five scandal that cost American taxpayers a few billion dollars and some banks, I was producer and writer of the TV show Dallas. It took place in Bush-Cheney-land. We, too, drilled...Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Pfizer Incorporated, Government, National Government, Karl Rove
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Wachovia is safe ... for now
Of The Associated PressAlthough Wachovia Corp. has been noted as one of the more troubled big U.S. banks, at least some analysts believe it is not at risk and unlikely to suffer the same fate of Washington Mutual Inc. Still, investor anxiety about the future of the Charlotte,...Tags: National Government, Loans, Mortgages, Government, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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'Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency' by Barton Gellman'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIF YOU decide to reorganize your library, it probably won't take much of a shelf to accommodate all your vice presidential biographies. There are, of course, plenty of books about men who served as vice presidents. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,...Tags: Civil Unrest, Saddam Hussein, John Adams, September 11, 2001 Attacks, National Security Agency
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