Lawmakers Agree on Sweeping Wall Street Overhaul - Bloomberg

After reading Lords of Finance i look forward to picking this apart.

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Crane Collapses on Upper East Side - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog

something that we haven't experienced over many years and now here it happens again over too short a time frame

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In Shift, China Offers to Meet With Dalai Lama Envoys - New York Times

China is hoping to still the world press' reaction to their current stance concerning the Dalai Lama

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Congress Questions 3 Executives on Compensation

The panel hoped to shed light on how Wall Street's pay philosophy may have contributed to the mortgage boom.

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Immune Systems Increasingly On Attack

First, asthma cases shot up, along with hay fever and other common allergic reactions, such as eczema. Then, pediatricians started seeing more children with food allergies.

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British Teacher Home From Sudan - New York Times

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Blunt Talk About Iraq at Army School - New York Times

Should the war have been fought?

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MnDOT feared cracking in bridge but opted against making the repairs

Structural deficiencies in the I-35W bridge were so serious that MnDOT last winter considered bolting steel plates to its supports to prevent cracking in fatigued metal.

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Sunni Bloc Says It Is Quitting Iraqi Government - New York Times

Tribal warfare wins out for the time being.

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ABC News: From Trash, He Delivers New Computers

Fifteen-year-old tech wiz Jacob Komar is making his mark by making a difference -- turning trash into working computers for needy familie

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Libya Backs H.I.V. Case Death Penalty - New York Times

The six were arrested in 1999. In the initial indictment, which reads like a spy novel, Libyan prosecutors claimed that the nurses intentionally infected the children as part of a plot by Mossad, the Israeli secret service, to undermine the Libyan state.

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How to fight insurgents? Lessons from the French | csmonitor.com

A lesson not learned

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Iced Coffee? No Sweat - New York Times

for all of you that love iced coffee here an answer

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The Arab world | Martyrs or traitors | Economist.com

Any Arab leader who wins the label "moderate" and is showered as a result of this with American love and money is in danger of being called a traitor.

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KAL's cartoon | Economist.com

great cartoon

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Plane Freed From a Glacier Sets Out for Britain Again - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog

the rescue of Glacier Girl

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cbs4denver.com - United: Computer Problem Fixed, Flights Delayed

shades of Hal

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Economist.com

always wondered about their life cycle

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Bloomberg.com: Worldwide

nine fire fighters killed in furniture store fire

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Hamas May Find It Needs Its Enemy - New York Times

Middle East Primer

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Could computers take down the space station?

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Kinetic Sculpture Genius

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Tony Blair | What I've learned | Economist.com

thoughtful,concise and on the mark..

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Caracas erupts in violence over Chavez TV takeover-News-World-Asia-TimesOnline

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Young, Gifted, and Not Getting Into Harvard

It used to upset him that many kids he interviewed would not get into Harvard, but no longer.

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