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TEDDY ROOSEVELT SAW THIS COMING - Yahoo! News Roosevelt sussed out the perils of unregulated capitalism early on. "The great corporations which we have grown to speak of rather loosely as trusts are the creatures of the State, and the State not only has the right to control them wherever need...

Queen decorates Nepali for Afghanistan heroics - Yahoo! News Wonder what the standard is for the highest honour? 30 Taliban against one Gurkha? That's hardly fair to the Taliban. The most dangerous weapon in the world; A man with nothing left to lose. A Nepalese soldier in the...

A curious fellow died one day and found himself waiting in the long line of judgment. As he stood there he noticed that some souls were allowed to march right through the pearly gates into Heaven. Others though, were led over to Satan who threw them into the burning pit. But every so...

Ken and his wife Edna went to the state fair every year, And every year Ken would say, 'Edna, I'd like to ride in that helicopter' Edna always replied, 'I know Ken, but that helicopter ride is fifty bucks, And fifty bucks is...

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that the government will lose about $14 billion in taxpayer funds from the bailout of the U.S. auto industry, a third of the loss officials had initially estimated. In a report from the president's National Economic Council, officials said...

AP IMPACT: US declines to try half Native crimes - Yahoo! News

Brown County has been named the second-most affordable place to live in the United States in a survey by Bloomberg Businessweek. The results were based on cost of living and housing costs, and also on quality of life variables such as education, unemployment, crime, poverty, air quality...

Getting better are they? Hmmmmm US home prices slump as crisis deepens - Yahoo! News

Obama to award Medal of Honor to Army sergeant - Yahoo! News

Obama finds some solid ground; tests still ahead - Yahoo! News WASHINGTON – Six months after Republicans alarmed Democrats with a midterm election wave, President Barack Obama has shaken off the jitters and found his political footing despite sluggish economic growth and deep public anxiety...

South Dakota calls for bulldozers for flood fight http://www.aberdeennews.com/news/sns-rt-us-floods-dakotastre74r2al-20110528,0,565740.story Also in Bismarck: http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/flood2011/ Montana as well...

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this kinda connects with the Saudi article on its suspicion that Egypt is leaning toward Iran and Hamas.... After 4 years, Egypt reopens its border with Gaza - Yahoo! News

Thailand arrests American for alleged king insult - Yahoo! News

Listening to the forecast every night to hear the weatherman predict more cold wet weather reminded me of this story: A long time ago in Communist Russia there was a famous weather man named Rudolf. He's always had a 100% accuracy rate for his forecasts of the Russian weather conditions...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/world/middleeast/28saudi.html?hpw And we are supporting the new power structure? RE: Egypt...Saudi officials are also concerned that Egypt’s foreign policy is shifting, with its outreach to the Islamist group Hamas and plans to restore ties with Iran. The...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/us/politics/28immigration.html?_r=1&hp Except:Maryland and Connecticut, with small but rapidly growing Latino populations, went a different way entirely, passing laws to allow illegal immigrant students to attend public colleges at in-state rates.

higher-social-security-taxes-smartmoney: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance To give you an idea of how the Social Security tax can add up over your working life, consider my personal situation. In 35 years behind the grindstone (about half as an employee and the other half...

Recent studies by researchers in North America and Europe harnessing the new techniques have consistently found that 20 to 25 percent of the seafood products they check are fraudulently identified, fish geneticists say. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/science/earth/27fish.html?ref=earth

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/us/27scotus.html?_r=1&hpw looks like 1 win for states rights....