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Commentary: Obama already struggling with lobbyist promises
I want you to hear something President-elect Barack Obama said just about a year ago:
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Commentary: How Obama can fix the economy
President-elect Barack Obama has been holding his economic cards close to his vest. He did not participate in person at last weekend's meeting of G20 leaders.
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COMMENTARY: Revolution 91.7 needs a revolution
I am writing this letter in regard to the policy of our campus radio station, Revolution 91.7, not only as an ex-disc jockey, but as a listener of the station, and therefore a consumer. From speaking to many of the DJs at the station, I have gathered a general feeling of unrest and resentment toward management of the station.
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Commentary: Can McCain be Obama's friend in Congress?
President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain will meet for the first time on Monday since the election.
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Commentary: Pedroia should be A.L. MVP
That palpable tension emanating from out by Highway 113? That would be joyful hope radiating from Woodland in general, the Pedroia homestead in particular. Because today, at 11 a.m., the local kid made good, a ballplayer with seemingly more in common with the Bad News Bears' scrappy and mouthy Tanner Boyle than with the games' larger-than-life greats, can join baseball royalty. Make ...
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Green news harvest: Parsing the EPA new coal plant decision
A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary.
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Commentary: Palin saboteurs want to stop growth of her career quickly
Attacks on Gov. Sarah Palin by the McCain campaign staff at first appear to be a case of making her a convenient scapegoat, but the attacks have a more devious motive. This post-election barrage is the first volley of the campaign to choose the Republican nominee in 2012. The Washington, D.C.-based establishment that rules the GOP wants her career over now. She threatens them.
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Commentary: Newell left us wondering what might have been
Pete Newell, who died Monday at 93, didn't get cheated out of anything.
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| World News In Brief |
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World stocks fall on Citigroup cuts
Most world stock markets fell Monday after Citigroup Inc. said it would cut another 53,000 jobs around the world to deal with the fallout from the financial crisis. Asian shares were steady earlier.
Obama, Biden speaks with world leaders
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden spoke with several world leaders by phone Monday.
Biden speaks with world leaders
Vice President-elect Joe Biden spoke with several world leaders by phone Monday.
World cotton production falls as farmers turn to new crops
World cotton production is set to fall six percent to 24.7 million tons over the next year as growers turn to other crops to make money, an international trade body said Monday.
TOKYO: World's second-largest economy is in recession
Japan's economy slid into a recession for the first time since 2001, the government said. The world's second-largest economy contracted at an annual pace of 0.4 percent in the July-September period after a declining an annualized 3.7 percent in the second quarter. The result was worse than expected.
World stocks slide on Citigroup jobs cull
U.S. and European stock markets fell Monday after Citigroup Inc. announced that it would cut another 53,000 jobs around the world in the coming quarters to deal with the fallout from the financial crisis. Asian shares were steady earlier.
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