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Two ways to stimulate the economy: Give government our tax dollars to spend its way — on bridges, unions, Solyndra — or let us keep those tax dollars and spend them the way we want. Did the first work? Having been raised in communism makes...Tags: Solyndra LLC, Fiscal Cliff, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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2nd Person Dies From Gulf Platform Blast
CNNGRAND ISLE, La. -- A second Filipino oil worker has died following last week's Gulf of Mexico oil platform blast, the Philippine government said Friday. Avelino L. Tajonera died early Friday from injuries sustained in the November 16 explosion and fire...Tags: Cato Corporation, BP Plc, U.S. Department of the Interior, Philippines, Justice System
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Corporations and execs need penalties that hurt
If you're concerned about corporate crime, 2012 looked like a pretty successful year for the good guys. The Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen paid $762 million in fines and penalties and pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to illegal marketing of...
Tags: Prosecution, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Bank of America Corp., Schering Plough Corporation, Los Angeles Times Columnists
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Robert B. Reich: BP is not a criminal
American VoicesThe Justice Department has entered into the largest criminal settlement in U.S. history with the giant oil company BP, in connection with the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the worst oil spill in American history....Tags: BP Plc, Justice System, Trials, Elections, Arthur Andersen
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Sorkin talk fest is no fun
If you ask a smart, talented, prolific, highly opinionated and possibly overextended writer to create a series for you whenever he gets the chance, you might get a terrific television show. Or you might get "The Newsroom," which is what HBO got when it...
Tags: Emily Mortimer, Celebrities, Television, Alison Pill, The West Wing (tv program)
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Manipulative music, plot devices keep 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' from greatness ★★
Already "Beasts of the Southern Wild"is the most divisive film of 2012, which is a testament to its co-writer and director, Benh Zeitlin, making his feature film debut with a picture that killed at Sundance, won the Camera d'Or (best first film) at Cannes...
Tags: Movies, Music, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Sundance Film Festival, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie)
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Crist-Obama hug Part 2: The back story
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsSo, how exactly did former Republican governor Charlie Crist reprise his infamous hug with President Obama on the campaign trail over the weekend? Crist said his role in this election came about with an improptu cold call to the White......Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, Interstate 4, Barack Obama, Elections, Regional Authority
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St. Bernard Parish Government Cuts
WGNO NewsGovernment cuts in St. Bernard Parish have been announced to help balance the budget. 44 employee positions have been cut, but the cuts may not solve all of the Parish's financial problems. "I think he's doing what he has to do," neighbor Mike Hearty...Tags: BP Plc, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs, Finance
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BP to Pay Record $4.5B Penalty in Gulf Oil Spill
CNNNEW YORK --- BP will plead guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and agreed to pay $4.5 billion in government penalties, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday....Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Lawyers, Arthritis, Bob Dudley
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VIDEO: Love on an Escalator: A really public PDA
It's hard to imagine, for a performance artist who has no trouble filming herself rolling naked down a filthy Miami Beach alleyway to protest the BP oil spill, or freaking out a senior water aerobics class from the bottom of a swimming pool, that...
Tags: Culture, Apple iPhone, Miami Beach
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2 missing, 4 badly burned in Gulf platform fire
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard was searching Friday for two workers missing after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending an ominous black plume of smoke into the air reminiscent of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion...Tags: BP Plc, U.S. Department of the Interior, Oil Spills, Energy Resources, Hospitals and Clinics
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Fire out at Gulf oil rig; 4 hurt, 2 may be missing
VENICE, La. (AP) — An oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana sent four people to hospital Friday and two others were believed to be missing, Coast Guard officials said. Coast Guard spokesman Drake Foret said the fire was out in the meantime....
Tags: BP Plc, U.S. Department of the Interior, Environmental Pollution, Petroleum Industry
Nov 24, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012
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Nov 20, 2012
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Jun 22, 2012
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Jul 5, 2012
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Sep 10, 2012
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May 21, 2012
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Nov 16, 2012
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Nov 16, 2012
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Nov 16, 2012
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Nov 16, 2012
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