FOCUS: The Capitalist Network That Runs the World

As protests against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly  …

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Obama's Afghanistan Speech Rehearses His Re-Election Themes : It's All Politics : NPR

"When a democracy wages war, the most important weapon in its arsenal is the willingness of its people to make the necessary sacrifices of blood and treasure. But the American people have increasingly indicated through public-opinion polls that the Afghanistan War is losing their …

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Weigel : Blowback Against the Most Offensive Ad Ever

"How are things for Turn Right USA in the wake of that "Hahn's Homeboyz" ad? Not great, although the strategists are putting a brave face on things. First they find gasoline and a lighter underneath one of the cars they use."

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Few Taliban Take Up Afghanistan's Offer to Switch Sides - NYTimes.com

Some Taliban members taking opportunity to switch sides.

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The economy is recovering -- really - 1 - how to invest - MSN Money

"For the second year in a row the economy, just as it was beginning to pick up speed, has smashed into a wall. And here we are again, wondering if the pieces can be put back together or whether we're really headed into a double-dip recession."

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Philip Ellender: The Kochs' unlikely Democratic enforcer - Kenneth P. Vogel - POLITICO.com

"These days, Ellender, 49, is serving up a lot more bulldog than honey for Charles and David Koch, crafting and directing a sharp-edged pushback against critics of their business interests and conservative politics with tactics that have helped cement the view that the  …

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Florida Police Leave The Republican Party In Mass Exodus

"Florida Gov. Rick Scott is so unpopular that he has caused the Broward County Police Benevolent Association to leave the Republican Party en mass, and they are encouraging other Floridians to do the same."

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Keith Olbermann's Current TV Show Gets Familiar New Name | The Wrap TV

New show with familiar name for Keith Olbermann

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ElBaradei: Nuclear Nonproliferation System Is Broken : The Two-Way : NPR

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The 'Age of America' is ending- MSN Money

"The "Age of America" is ending in just five years.That's according to forecasts from the International Monetary Fund, which has set 2016 as the year when China's economy officially surpasses that of America as the world's largest."

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U.S. households getting more from Uncle Sam than they pay in

"For the first time since the Great Depression, households are receiving more income from the government than they are paying the government in taxes.

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Is Political Conservatism a Mild Form of Insanity?

Death Fear (among other unsavory attributes) Predicts Republicanism

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CEO pay soars while workers' pay stalls

"The heads of the nation's top companies got the biggest raises in recent memory last year after taking a hiatus during the recession. At a time most employees can barely remember their last substantial raise, median CEO pay jumped 27% in 2010 as the executives' compensation …

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Jonathan Haidt on the Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives

"Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most."

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Watchdog says TARP will cost taxpayers $25B

WASHINGTON — The U.S.

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G-20 Summit Marks Return To Economic Nationalism

"At the height of the financial crisis about two years ago, governments agreed on a common course of action and pledged to avoid protectionism. They largely kept those promises and the global economy turned around.

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Health insurance claim denials rose by half in recent years

WASHINGTON — Coverage denials of individuals based on their medical histories by the nation's top for-profit health insurance companies rose by nearly half in recent years, U.S.

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How to Lose Over a Million Jobs: Sacrifice Investments to Cut Taxes for the Rich

*Check link on website for more information*

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Treat Your Democrats Well

Tough lessons President Obama needs to learn from Jimmy Carter and the midterms of 1978.

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'The Illustrated Man'

Obama's enemies have painted him as an alien threat. Can he fight the flight from facts?

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Take it Easy Mr. Davidson

Politics at its weirdest, but funny nonetheless.

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Health Overhaul Brings Ban On Lifetime Benefit Caps

"Among the new provisions of the health law that take effect later this month is a ban on something most people don't even know they have — a lifetime limit on benefits covered by their health insurance.

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Conversation: Nicholas Carr's 'The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains'

"In his book, "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains," author Nicholas Carr looks through the lens of neuroscience at how the Internet shapes our brains. Online, our reading habits change, he says.

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10 Innovations That Could Make Us Greener Drivers

"While they may sound nuts, these wild and innovative ideas could be the future of mobility.

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"Higher intelligence is associated with liberal political ideology, atheism, and men's (but not women's) preference for sexual exclusivity"

"Higher intelligence is associated with liberal political ideology, atheism, and men's (but not women's) preference for sexual exclusivity"

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