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One Democrat Takes Responsibility for Mortgage Crisis

"Like a lot of my Democratic colleagues I was too slow to appreciate the recklessness of Fannie and Freddie.

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Democrat pumpkin. By Kevin Couture...

Mayor of Reading ~ Liberal Democrat councillor Peter Beard

Syd's Photography posted a photo: The colourful cool dude that is Liberal Democrat councillor Peter Beard, the Mayor of Reading town.

David Cameron: he was for the environment before he was against it...

If you listened carefully, you will have heard David Cameron mention the environment in his speech to the Tory party conference today.

Vitamin C, Chemotherapy: Bad Combo? - WebMD

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Vitamin C, Chemotherapy: Bad Combo?WebMD - 27 minutes agoBy Kathleen Doheny Oct. 1, 2008 -- Vitamin C supplements and chemotherapy aren't a good combination, says a team of New York researchers.Vitamin C Megadoses Hamper Cancer Treatments in Mice Washington PostVitamin C may blunt effect of chemotherapy: study Reuters BBC News - MedPage Today - ChattahBox - dBTechnoall 73 news articles

California port bill gets vetoed - Bizjournals.com

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California port bill gets vetoedBizjournals.com - 27 minutes agoA port bill that would have imposed a pollution fee on cargo ships in California and raised costs in Hawaii has been vetoed. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vetoed the legislation that would have imposed on shippers a fee of $60 for every ...Special interests help bankroll Schwarzenegger's travel Los Angeles TimesGreenhouse gas law among 11th-hour bill signings San Francisco Chronicle San Jose Mercury News - The Associated Press - Wall Street Journal Blogs - San Diego Union Tribuneall 326 news articles

Buffett to Invest $3 Billion in GE - New York Times

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Buffett to Invest $3 Billion in GENew York Times - 35 minutes agoGeneral Electric said Wednesday that it will sell $3 billion in perpetual preferred stock to Warren E. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, as it seeks to allay concerns about its financial health amid the whipsawing markets.GE Offers $12 Billion Shares, Buffett Buys $3 Billion Preferred BloombergUPDATE 2-GE says Buffett to invest $3 bln in shares guardian.co.uk International Herald Tribune - Briefing.com - TheStreet.com - CNNall 46 news articles

Unusually high stakes in vice presidential debate - Christian Science Monitor

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Unusually high stakes in vice presidential debateChristian Science Monitor - 38 minutes agoOn Thursday, Sarah Palin has a chance to restore her image, while Joe Biden must avoid being long-winded or aggressive. By Linda Feldmann | Staff Writer / October 1, 2008 edition Reporter Linda Feldmann previews Thursday evening's vice presidential ...Election 2008: Sarah Palin's Cheerful Aggression Washington PostSarah Palin says Joe Biden's "experienced." Oops. Like John McCain? Los Angeles Times International Herald Tribune - Kansas City Star< /a> - Chicago Sun-Times - Huffington Postall 1,411 news articles

Missing adventurer's items found - CNN

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Missing adventurer's items foundCNN - 40 minutes ago(CNN) -- Hikers in California found items belonging to missing adventurer Steve Fossett, officials said Wednesday. Steve Fossett and wife Peggy in a February 2006 photograph.Steve Fossett's Belongings Possibly Found in California Forest FOXNewsHiker possibly found missing aviator's items MSNBC The Associated Press - KTLA - Examiner.com - Vail Daily Newsall 175 news articles

HIV Outbreak Began Decades Earlier Than Thought - U.S. News & World Report

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HIV Outbreak Began Decades Earlier Than ThoughtU.S. News & World Report - 40 minutes agoWEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading in humans around 1900 in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study claims.Virus Hunters Track Early HIV WebMDColonial clue to the rise of HIV BBC News FOXNews - Bloomberg - The Associated Press - AFPall 331 news articles

Sales plunge for GM and Ford - CNNMoney.com

AFP

Sales plunge for GM and FordCNNMoney.com - 44 minutes agoAuto maker says credit squeeze, customer worries led to 35% drop in sales -- much worse than expected. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.Ford's US Sales Fell 34% in Sept. New York TimesFord's US sales drop 34 pct, GM down 16 pct The Associated Press MarketWatch - Wall Street Journal - Reuters - Bizjournals.comall 429 news articles

Senate to Vote Today on the Bailout Plan - New York Times

Daily Mail

Senate to Vote Today on the Bailout PlanNew York Times - 48 minutes agoThe New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. The market rebounded, reversing a sell-off that shook Wall Street on Monday. By CARL HULSE and ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON - Senate leaders scheduled a Wednesday vote on a $700 billion financial bailout package after ...Video: Senate Jumps To Action CBSShadegg May Now Vote For Bailout Bill CBS News Reuters - CNN - CNNMoney.com - NECNall 1,132 news articles

New York weighs changing term law for Bloomberg - Reuters

New York Daily News

New York weighs changing term law for BloombergReuters - 58 minutes agoBy Edith Honan and Joan Gralla NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is sparking controversy with his reported plans to seek a change in the city's term-limits law so he can run for a third term and shepherd New York through the financial ...Video: Michael Bloomberg Will Try to End Term-limits AssociatedPressA Bloomberg '08 Advocate's View On Bloomberg '09 New York Daily News The Associated Press - Newsday - Crain's New York Business - Seattle Timesall 777 news articles

Ruling Backs Chinese Gymnasts - New York Times

The Money Times

Ruling Backs Chinese GymnastsNew York Times - 59 minutes agoBy JULIET MACUR All six members of the Chinese women's gymnastics team at the Beijing Games met the age requirements to compete at those Olympics, officials from the International Gymnastics Federation said on Wednesday after a month-long investigation ...Video: Officials: China Gold Medalists of Age AssociatedPressGym officials: China's 2008 gold medalists of age Kansas City Star ESPN - CNN - Wall Street Journal - Boston Globeall 630 news articles

Somali Pirates Said to Reduce Ransom - New York Times

Washington Post

Somali Pirates Said to Reduce RansomNew York Times - 59 minutes agoBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NAIROBI, Kenya - Negotiations over the arms-laden freighter hijacked by Somali pirates intensified on Wednesday and several people close to the talks said the showdown had come down to price.Video: US Official: 3 Pirates May Be Dead in Shootout AssociatedPressSomali pirates 'in ransom talks' BBC News CNN International - The Associated Press - United Press International - Telegraph.co.ukall 4,448 news articles

Hotel Worker Charged With Murder of Waitress - ABC News

ABC News

Hotel Worker Charged With Murder of WaitressABC News - 59 minutes agoBy SARAH NETTER A 19-year-old hotel employee who police believe is in the country illegally has been charged with the murder of Jennifer Hampton, the 21-year-old waitress whose body was found over the weekend.Man charged in Knoxville death of young Ala. woman, TN Los Angeles TimesMan charged in Knoxville death of young Ala. woman al.com Farragutpress - Times Daily (subscription) - Knoxville News Sentinel - WVLTall 98 news articles

Bailout plan forces McCain, Obama into balancing act - CNN

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Bailout plan forces McCain, Obama into balancing actCNN - 1 hour ago(CNN) -- With the bailout proposal dominating the campaign trail, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama must balance sending out a message of a bipartisan solution while trying to gain a political advantage.Back to the Day Job: Obama's Return to DC For Senate Vote FOXNewsObama, McCain Will Leave Presidential Campaign Trail for Senate ... ABC News Voice of America - BBC News - Huffington Post - San Francisco Chronicleall 2,350 news articles

Apple Drops NDA Requirement from App Store - PC Magazine

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Apple Drops NDA Requirement from App StorePC Magazine - 1 hour agoby Alan Henry Relenting to pressure from the developer community, Apple has dropped the NDAs that developers were required to agree to when they submitted their applications for consideration on the iPhone App Store.Apple drops NDA for iPhone developers CNET NewsApple begins to learn from NDA paranoia TG Daily Macworld - Washington Post - Register - ReadWriteWeball 104 news articles

Senate Rescue Bill Lifts FDIC Coverage to $250000 (Update1) - Bloomberg

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Senate Rescue Bill Lifts FDIC Coverage to $250000 (Update1)Bloomberg - 1 hour agoBy Alison Vekshin Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The US Senate is proposing to raise Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage for bank deposits to $250000 per account from $100000 through 2009 as lawmakers seek support for the Bush administration bank-rescue ...Small US banks win big victory with higher deposit insurance International Herald TribuneFDIC seeking temporary unlimited Treasury loans Reuters Wall Street Journal Blogs - MarketWatch - New York Times - Wall Street Journalall 609 news articles

David Cameron's speech : Liberal Democrat Voice

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'Fringe' puts Fox on top Tuesday - Variety

'Fringe' puts Fox on top TuesdayVariety - 1 hour agoBy RICK KISSELL Fox won the second Tuesday of the television season among young adults behind its combo of "House" and "Fringe," which were both up a bit week to week, while CBS remains solid on the night as well with "NCI S" and rookie "The Mentalist.Ratings: FOX Rocks the Demographic 'House' Tuesday Zap2it.comRatings: 'Chuck,' 'Life' premieres take a nosedive Entertainment Weekly E! Online - Reuters - The Associated Press - Media Life Magazineall 136 news articles

Frustration as EU monitors deterred - BBC News

BBC News

Frustration as EU monitors deterredBBC News - 1 hour agoThe European Union monitors who are lucky enough to be based at Bazaleti, not far from the Georgian capital Tbilisi, are starting to live a life of luxury.Video: EU observers replace Russian peacekeepers RussiaTodayEU sees human face of South Ossetia conflict Reuters AFP - Xinhua - The Associated Press - AHNall 1,384 news articles

From Last to First, Not Many Teams Compare to the Rays - New York Times

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From Last to First, Not Many Teams Compare to the RaysNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy PETE WILLIAMS ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - So many times this season Troy Percival has surveyed the celebratory scene in the Tampa Bay Rays clubhouse after a late-inning victory and experienced a flashback.Post Predictions ... Unpredictable Washington Post100 reasons we love the MLB playoffs ESPN Sports Network - CNN International - CBSSports.com - MLB.comall 362 news articles

Phish Serves Up Reunion - E! Online

Washington Post

Phish Serves Up ReunionE! Online - 1 hour agoThe legendary jam band, who called it quits in August 2004 with a blowout two-day festival in Vermont, has confirmed plans to reunite for three shows next March in Hampton, Va.Phish resurfaces for March reunion shows Los Angeles TimesPhish To Reunite For March 2009 Gigs -- Additional Dates To Be ... MTV.com New York Daily News - Chicago Tribune - The Associated Press - People Magazineall 299 news articles

Amazon's EC2 Plays Nice With Windows - PC World

Amazon's EC2 Plays Nice With WindowsPC World - 1 hour agoAmazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) hosted infrastructure service for developers will expand its choice of operating systems and databases to include Microsoft's Windows Server and SQL Server.3Tera Brings Windows to Cloud Computing MarketWatchAmazon Invites Microsoft to Sit on its Cloud New York Times Blogs Silicon Alley Insider - ZDNet - GigaOm - Gotta Be Mobileall 21 news articles

Zimbra exposes Yahoo! Mail passwords (Geek.com)

Those of you who use the Zimbra desktop client to access your Yahoo! Mail may want to stop using the current version and choose a new login password. During the Yahoo! University Hack Day, called HACK U, attendee Holden Karau made a surprising discovery – all password information sent from Zimbra is transmitted in plain [...]

Belichick Denies Tampering With Moss - RealGM.com

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Belichick Denies Tampering With MossRealGM.com - 2 hours agoESPN - Al Davis accused Bill Belichick of tampering with Randy Moss during his press conference on Tuesday. "You know how many teams turned him down," Davis said, according to San Jose Mercury News columnist Tim Kawakami's blog.Search Past 7 days Archives Boston HeraldBelichick responds to Davis' tampering charge Boston Globe The Associated Press - FanHouse - Boston Heraldall 161 news articles

Ifill's Book is no Secret - Washington Post

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Ifill's Book is no SecretWashington Post - 2 hours agoBy Howard Kurtz It's no secret that Gwen Ifill has been working on a book about the younger generation of black politicians. The PBS correspondent talked about "Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama" in a Washington Post article on Sept.Uproar grows over Gwen Ifill, debate moderator and book author Los Angeles TimesVP Moderator Creates Controversy with Book on "Age of Obama" FOXNews CNN Political Ticker - guardian.co.uk - Bizjournals.com - The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureauall 264 news articles

Yahoo woos third-party developers (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Yahoo is to open up several key technologies to third-party developers in a bid to encourage innovation in the industry and create more compelling, personalised web experiences, according to the firm's European managing director, Toby Copel.

Yahoo woos third-party developers (vnunet.com)

Phil Muncaster, Yahoo is to open up several key technologies to third-party developers in a bid to encourage innovation in the industry and create more compelling, personalised web experiences, according to the...

Yahoo plans open approach in 2009 (Computer Active)

Yahoo has laid out plans for a new approach in 2009, opening both its home page and Yahoo Mail email tool to other applications.

Janet Jackson postpones Rock Witchu Tour due to mystery illness - New York Daily News

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Janet Jackson postpones Rock Witchu Tour due to mystery illnessNew York Daily News - 3 hours agoBy ISADORA LAPOWSKY Janet Jackson has pushed back two tour dates this week because of her mystery illness. The songstress has postponed her Wednesday performance in Boston and a Thursday performance in Philadelphia, reports People magazine.Janet Jackson Postpones Two More Shows Due To Illness MTV.comJanet Jackson Leaves Hospital After Admission, But What's Her Problem? eFluxMedia Associated Content - HipHopRX - BBC News - Sofia News Agencyall 1,033 news articles

Yahoo plans open approach in 2009 (vnunet.com)

Tom Royal, Yahoo has laid out plans for a new approach in 2009, opening both its home page and Yahoo Mail email tool to other applications....

Health Buzz: Obesity Gene Linked to Colon Cancer and Other News - U.S. News & World Report

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Health B uzz: Obesity Gene Linked to Colon Cancer and Other NewsU.S. News & World Report - 3 hours agoThere may be a genetic link between risk of colon cancer and weight gain, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Gene Variation Signals Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk, Study Says BloombergGene for Fat Hormone Affects Colon Cancer Risk WebMD Reuters - Food Consumer - eFluxMedia - ChattahBoxall 82 news articles

Yahoo! in 2009: More social, and more open (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

I've just returned from a delightful morning with Yahoo!, who gave me a preview of all the exciting stuff they've got planned for 2009. They've innovating in several key areas, but the push is on making the user experience more social and more open.

Little Democrat Reversible Pinafore

Nothing is cuter than a tiny, toddling political billboard.

Rob Glaser's RealDVD: Friend or Foe of Fair Use? - PC Magazine

Calgary Herald

Rob Glaser's RealDVD: Friend or Foe of Fair Use?PC Magazine - 4 hours agoThe war between RealNetworks and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) industry could be more important than you think.Hollywood studios to sue RealNetworks over new DVD copying software NewsweekStudios Sue to Bar a DVD Copying Program New York Times InfoWorld - PC World - InformationWeek - Los Angeles Timesall 649 news articles

HD 96: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Endorses Democrat Chris Turner!

Bill Zedler: Democrat Chris Turner -- endorsed months ago by TexBlog PAC -- has received a stellar endorsement from the Fort Worth Star...

Lawmakers optimistic on revived bailout; Senate votes tonight

The Senate moved toward passage Wednesday of a $700 billion financial industry bailout as opposition to the package among House Republican

Yoga therapy treats mind and body - Belleville News Democrat

Yoga therapy treat s mind and bodyBelleville News Democrat, USA - 15 minutes agoAnd other body-oriented therapies such as the Rosen method use

Video Of The Day: Why I Am A Democrat

This is a really good video and very professionally done....

Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan - BBC News

BBC News

Muslims celebrate end of RamadanBBC News - 8 hours agoScotland's largest Muslim community will hold its Eid el-Fitr celebrations in Glasgow later to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.Eid-El- Fitr Celebration - Mica Feeds Hundreds AllAfrica.comMuslims end Ramadan in time for build-up ABC Online Voice of America - Columbia Missourian - Waterbury Republican American - The Birmingham News - al.comall 116 news articles

Legislators Urge US DOJ not to Interfere with Google-Yahoo Search Ad Deal (Search Engine Journal)

The Google-Yahoo search deal got a new ally from eleven California legislators who are urging the US regulators not to stop the deal from being implemented. In a letter addressed to US Attorney Michael Mukasey, the group warned that barring the deal from materializing would stiffle Internet market growth and innovation. [...]

California legislators back Google-Yahoo online ad deal (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Eleven California state political leaders are urging US regulators not to interfere with a proposed online advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo.

Yahoo's Japanese holding posts profit gain (Market Watch)

Yahoo Japan, a key holding of troubled U.S. Internet company Yahoo Inc., posted profit and sales gains late Tuesday for its fiscal year ended in March.