This is a little misleading since the FED twice did something similar between 2008 and 2010. The biggest receivers of TARP cast were Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. The Fed is a parasite numero uno in the world
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]]> This bill is blatantly unconstitutional — but Rep. Franks is still pushing for a hearing this week, wasting taxpayer dollars on yet another attempt to turn back the clock on every woman's right to access safe, legal abortion.
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]]> Follow the money and you'll know who's behind all the strife and unrest in this world.
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]]> It was only a matter of time. Civil war could well erupt in England in the very near future. Wake up North America.
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]]> The Connecticut Senate voted 35-1 in support of legislation that would require GMO labeling of foods.
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]]> It's become clear that the military is not capable of solving its epidemic of sexual violence. Despite years of studies and empty talk, there were 26,000 sexual assaults in 2012
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]]> A French farmer who can no longer perform his routine farming duties because of permanent pesticide injuries has had his day in court, literally, and

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]]> I believe our generation can build a world without slavery.
A world where it is unthinkable for one human being to be treated like someone else’s property.
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]]> A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack.
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]]> The official PA daily reported on a visit by the PA Minister of Health, Hani Abdeen, to Israel's Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. The daily noted that 30% of the child patients in Hadassah are Palestinians and that the Israeli hospital is training "60 P
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]]> A local governor wants to approve mining and palm oil companies in one of the most intact and untouched rainforests of Indonesia to destroy the size of a million football fields! Please fight against it by signing!
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]]> Dr Ellery Frahm at the University of Sheffield developed the new technology to better study Mesopotamian obsidian tools unearthed in Syria, where cultural heritage is threatened by the ongoing conflict.
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]]> A dog dubbed "Ponder," was recently taken in at the Vance County Animal Shelter in Henderson, N.C., and today, volunteers are desperately seeking a rescue agency which can pull him from the facility.
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]]> An analysis of ancient dog burials finds that the typical prehistoric dog owner ate a lot of seafood, had spiritual beliefs, and wore jewelry that sometimes wound up on the dog.
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]]> Anthropologists have discovered a beautiful Greek waterfront paradise once inhabited by generations of Neanderthals up to 100,000 years ago, according to a new study.
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]]> On May 20, following the devastating EF-5 tornado which ripped through Moore, Okla., one dog provided his deceased guardian with one final act of loyalty.
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]]> Neanderthals may have started weaning their young from seven months of age and transferred them to solid food by just over a year, a fossil tooth study said Wednesday
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]]> Muslim organisations have failed to teach young people that there is a democratic route to express discontent, according to the Muslim Public Affairs Committee.
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]]> Villagers installing a water pipe in southwestern Mexico stumbled onto an ancient granite statue depicting a player from a pre-Hispanic ball game, the national anthropology institute said Monday.
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]]> In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big picture – and big donors — have fallen through the cracks.
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]]> The adorable, little dog, and her adoptive kitten, who were rescued from alongside a creek in Anderson, S.C., earlier this month, are still in the possession of the rescue agency which is caring for them reported Tuesday's Fox Carolina News.
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]]> Members of tea party claim the movement springs from and promotes basic American conservative principles such as limited government and fiscal responsibility.
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]]> Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) said just hours after a major tornado ravaged his state that he would use the federal relief funds as a cudgel to force Democrats into accepting more spending cuts to programs like Social Security and Medicare... CQ's public-facing
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]]> "Who invented clothes?" It's one of those brilliant questions that children ask, before they learn that the big things we wonder about rarely have simple answers. It's the kind of thing that archaeologists like me get put on the spot about when chatting
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]]> I believe our generation can build a world without slavery.
A world where it is unthinkable for one human being to be treated like someone else’s property.
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]]> In an advance that makes history, Vermont's House of Representatives passed a bill on May 10 requiring foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled. This is the furthest any such legislation has made it through the legislative
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]]> AMID the squawks and pings of our digital devices, the old-fashioned virtues of reading novels can seem faded, even futile. But new support for the value of fiction is arriving from an unexpected quarter:
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]]> The mayor of the tornado-devastated town of Moore in Oklahoma has vowed to push for a new law on shelters, after a huge twister there killed at least 24.
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]]> Yesterday, the Associated Press photographed Maeghan Hadley, owner of 1 Day Ranch animal rescue, tending to a kitten that was pulled from the rubble left by one of the initial tornadoes that touched down near Shawnee, Okla. on Sunday.


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]]> A coyote pup had gotten tangled up in a cholla cactus, and was stumbling around her property
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]]> One day before President Obama is to deliver what aides have called a major national security speech, his administration publicly acknowledged for the first time that the United States had killed four American citizens with drone strikes during counterror
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]]> Abrupt climate change in Africa helped trigger technological and cultural advances in early modern humans, according to new research.
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]]> A scientist who has developed a genetic test to identify pure Scottish wildcats has warned that the species could be extinct within two years.
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]]> So i'm asking you to help me, help the animals that are forced to live in CONCENTRATION CAMPS in Russia.They claim they are responsibly handing the animals when really they are starved and killed. Thank you
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]]> The Obama administration's 2009 promise to create a seamless, computerized health record system for veterans proves elusive. Jon Stewart may do this in a humorous way, but at the end, he lets everyone know, there is nothing at all funny about this.



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]]> Meet Cameron D’Ambrosio. He’s 18 and lives in a small town outside Boston. He wants to be a rapper and calls himself “Cammy Dee” in his YouTube videos.
Oh, and he’s been locked up without bail for weeks — facing terrorism charges and 20 years in prison
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]]> Why is this important?
It’s found that these trident lights not only lack aesthetics, but are also redundant as these do not serve any purpose. The trident lamp uses 3 CFL lamps each, which are often prone to damage either by natural
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]]> Body of War is an intimate and transformational feature documentary about the true face of war today. Meet Tomas Young, 25 years old, paralyzed from a bullet to his spine - wounded after serving in Iraq for less than a week.
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]]> The Solar Impulse solar-powered plane has set off on the second leg of its trans-American journey.
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]]> This is heartwarming as all hell. Would you have had this kind of courage?
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]]> We all have nearly 200 different types of fungi colonising our feet, scientists have discovered.
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]]> Reusing is always noble, but sometimes it's tricky to gauge the results.
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]]> While biofuels have facilitated slow but positive change for farmers in Brazil, other countries have been less successful
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]]> Justine Sija, 60, begins her day at 4am, when she buys catch from local fishermen to hawk on the streets of St Augustin Village, in Madagascar’s southern Atsimo-Andrefana Region.The work is hard, but in the last year, access to microcredit has boosted bo
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]]> The Michigan Department of Transportation is leading a multi-state effort to develop a 20-year master plan for the corridor. Much of the plan's focus is on the Chicago, IL - Porter/Michigan City, IN segment, where 2 new tracks dedicated to passenger tra
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]]> The huge tornado which tore through the suburbs of Oklahoma city has been upgraded to the most powerful type of storm.
Winds reached around 200 mph (320 km/h) and left swathes of the suburb of
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]]> As Memorial Day approaches, we are reminded that America's LGBT service members, veterans, and their families are still not treated equally by our military.
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