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Charlie Rangel Undeterred by Ethics Charges
Despite 13 ethics charges against him, Rangel has a big financial advantage heading into his primary.
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Consumers Will Pay More For Goods They Can Touch
We've all heard the predictions: e-commerce is going to be the death of traditional commerce; online shopping spells the end of the neighborhood brick-and-mortar store.While it's true that online commerce has had an impact on all types of retail ...
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[Video] Cache Rules Everything Around Me
It doesnt matter if you want to watch for that long, youre gonna. Every song and every animated gif ever. Strangely amusing, but tiring to watch. [Some Dude via Buzzfeed]
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Miguel D. Lausell: Tax Subsidies for Wealthy Foreign Corporations? How Congress Has Already Broken its Most Important Promise
In 2008, the Democratic Party Platform criticized the previous eight years of Republican failures: "These are not just policy failures. They are failures of a broken politics -- a politics that rewards self-interest over the common interest and the ...
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Rangel undeterred by ethics charges, grudge match
Associated Press, by Beth Fouhy Posted By: Pluperfect- Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:05:46 GMT NEW YORK It sounds like a political grudge match for the ages: Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel, battered by ethics charges and stripped of his chairmanship of the ...
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Pietrangelo, Beach, and the Top Prospects in the Central Division
Many fans want a veteran player on their hockey team, but what really gets them excited is some raw, young talent. There's no doubt that in being a successful franchise you must never lose sight of young talent. It's pretty much a staple in today's ...
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In Defense of Teen Mom
Since I don't own a television, I may not seem a likely fan for MTV reality shows. Strangely enough, there's one I seek out and even discuss with my best friend: Teen Mom . To be fair, I started watching 16 and Pregnant and its spin-off Teen Mom ...
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While VCs & Angels debate, focus on first principles
There has been a lot of debate lately in the investor community about VCs vs SuperAngels and the best approach to financing early stage companies. If you are an entrepreneur, you could spend all day catching up on the blog/twitter traffic, which of ...
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TV: Other Shows: Hellcats - "A World Full of Strangers"
Hellcats debuts tonight on The CW at 9 p.m. Eastern.Hellcats is terrible. But it's an endlessly, strangely watchable terrible. At some level of this show, someone knows that what they're doing is kind of stupid and goofy, and they're just going with ...
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Internet Explorer 9 user interface video now available
Tweet Internet Explorer 9 video leaks on the web We now have a video of the user interface of Internet Explorer 9. It matches the screenshot we saw a couple of weeks ago. Strangely, tags are indeed on the right side of the address bar. It is not clear ...
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In Europe, a Lesson in Contrasts
It is strangely comforting to see that the United States is not alone as it struggles in its morass of failed fiscal policy.P. O'Neill, a regular contributor to the online magazine A Fistful of Euros, has published some good observations on the mess ...
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Dortmund's Rangelow moves on to Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dortmund, Germany- Bulgaria forward Dimitar Rangelow leaves Borussia Dortmund on loan for Israel club Maccabi tel Aviv, the Bundesliga club Dortmund said on Tuesday. Rangelow, 27, came to Dortmund last year from Energie Cottbus, but played only 10 ...
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Eddie Bernice Johnson's Dumb Scholarship Awards
by Jonathan Capeheart Beware members of Congress in safe districts. More often than not, they end up wrapping themselves in the corrupting cloak of entitlement. My favorite, as you probably know, is Rep. Charles B. Rangel( D-N.Y. ). If you did n't, ...
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TTAC Wants You
How would you like to see your writing published at TTAC? Over the years weve always taken contributions from new writers, indeed many of TTACs current staffers (Editor-in-Chief included) started out here by pitching a story to our editors email. In
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Rumor: New Earth Defense Force coming in 2011
Ummmm... F*CK YES!Someone over at NeoGAF posted an image of a banner at a GameStop convention touting a new Earth Defense Force game coming out in 2011. Strangely there was nothing else except the banner at the conference and no consoles were listed ...
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Getting ahead of trouble
Three weeks after beginning his freshman year of college, 18-year-old David started behaving strangely. He made an impromptu trip from his New Hampshire school to his home in Revere, arriving at 3 a.m. His mother immediately noticed that something was ...
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New York Times picks Rangel rival
The New York Times endorsed former Seagram executive Joyce Johnson in the Sept. 14 primary race for Rep. Charles Rangel's Harlem seat. The Times has been a vocal critic of the former Ways and Means chairman and has run several investigative pieces ...
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Russian Protection Racket
A few days ago, TTACreported that Vladimir Putin issued an ultimatum to foreign car makers, invest here or else. 4 days later, VWannounced that they were planning a new assembly line at GAZ, and more capacity at their Kaluga plant in Russia.
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New York Times Endorses Johnson Over Rangel (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The New York Times on Saturday endorsed one of Rep. Charles B. Rangel's four opponents in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary over the embattled veteran incumbent who is facing a House ethics trial later this month.
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Time to Make Hard Choices on the Budget
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has made some splashes with this graph. I find this strangely unconvincing as a policy argument for anything. For starters, the 0.7% of GDP that it covers only matches the shortfall for a brief period, at ...
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Rangel Hearing to Test His Party
The New York Democrat's day in court will showcase a self-policing program that hasn't faced such a trial in many years.
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Black Person Makes Fun of Al Sharpton On Live Teevee
Hey look, Al Sharpton is on the boob tube, and he looks like he hasnt slept since the last time he called something or someone racist or mean (so: yesterday). But whatever, its just C-SPAN the fourth and most laid-back Vivaldi season wh
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Libs counter Restoring Honor with Rangel
Unemployment is heading in the wrong direction, creeping up to 9.6%, further demonstrating that Obama's tax and spend and spend and spend plan has not worked. The Presidents approval rating is tanking as a result - all in all, just another crappy ...
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Rep. Charles Rangel: Saluting America's Workers on Labor Day
Since it was first celebrated in New York City in 1882, Labor Day has celebrated the social and economic achievements of America's workers.Even as this terrible recession slowly eases, many families are still faced with the daily struggle of making ...
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The N.Y. Times endorsement edition: Against Rangel, for Lazio and Maloney
Politico, by Maggie Haberman Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:38:10 GMT The New York Times weighs in this morning with a lump'sum package of endorsements, and ' as its citywide poll focusing on whether Rep. Charlie Rangel ought to go posted ...
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Rangel spends $111,000 on legal fees in 2 months
A federal campaign finance report shows embattled New York Rep. Charles Rangel has spent more than $111,000 on legal bills since July.
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18 Nuclear Discoveries - From Kitchen Art to Nuclear Attack Packs (CLUSTER)
Ranging from nuclear-inspired furniture to radioactive abodes, these nuclear art discoveries are strangely entertaining. Creating bug art, nude nuclear photography and futuristic energy plants sure makes
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Old Media Goes Viral: Watch People Buy Books Around the Globe - In Real-Time!
It's kind of like crack except, you know, it's people buying books. The Book Depository Live is an insanely awesome and addicting site that shows what books people are buying in the world in any given moment. It's strangely hypnotic to see what people ...
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Elin Nordegren Divorce Update: Above Brangelina, Post Tiger Woods Elin Issue Most Profitable People Cover Yet!
People Magazine paid Brangelina $12 million for a cover story when they had twins. Their issue sold about a half million issues more than Elin Nordegren's only interview, but Elin's was more profitable. Find out why. Contributor: Meg G. Published: Sep ...
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Talkback: Where did you retire?
Talkback: Where did you retire? August 24, 2009 10:23 am Have you retired to your dream place within the past three years? Or are you getting ready to do so? If so, we want to know where you moved( or stayed) and why you chose the area. Tell us your ...
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