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House bans earmarks to for-profit companies

Facing an election-year backlash over runaway spending and ethics scandals, House Democrats moved Wednesday to ban earmarks for private companies, sparking a war between the parties over which would embrace the most dramatic steps to change the way bu [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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AIG employees are angry with the public outrage- pikk a side

The employees said that the corporate leaders who had driven the firm into the ground were already gone from the company. Those who had remained behind to help clean up the mess and repay the taxpayer bailout were due their compensation, they told Pas [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is accused of corruption

A team of investigators hired by the D.C. City Council accused council member Marion Barry of public corruption Tuesday for securing a $15,000 contract for his ex-girlfriend and taking a cut for himself.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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How Boards of Directors Are Killing U.S. Companies

The failure of the financial system in 2008 wasn't simply a massive failure of common sense, regulation, and leadership. It was also a failure of corporate governance. In theory, the corporate boards at Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, AIG, and General  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Claim: Pelosi is corruptly using taxpayer money for family travel

Worse still, she also appears to have requisitioned entire flights for the personal use of her children and grandchildren. That is, unaccompanied by any member of Congress, her kids, in-laws and grandchildren are utilizing entire military passenger je [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Claim: Yelp is extorting businesses to pay up or get bad ratings

Since then, many business owners from around the country have come forward — via e-mails or comments on the Express' web site — alleging similar tales of extortionist tactics by Yelp sales reps. To make matters worse, Stoppelman's handling of the  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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POWER

PEOPLE

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What Would Google Do? What Will You Do?

Google finds itself in league with the devil, having bargained with a power which would righteously steal, for the supposed good of its people. Where do you place your trust? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Mark McGwire admits using steroids when he broke home run record

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Mark McGwire finally came clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to the Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. During a 20-minut [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Ex HS Chief touts body scanners, oh yeah, and works for company

What he has made little mention of is that the Chertoff Group, his security consulting agency, includes a client that manufactures the machines. The relationship drew attention after Chertoff disclosed it on a CNN program Wednesday, in response to a q [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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OUTRAGEOUS

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The AMA owns a monopoly on medical billing codes

It is a monopoly that critics say gets in the way of making health care less expensive and potentially more effective.AMA President Dr. James Rohack would not disclose how much the group raises from the codes each year, but he said that it is a portio [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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AIG executives renege on promises to return bonuses

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo threatened to publicize the recipients' names, prompting executives at AIG Financial Products to hastily agree to return about $45 million in bonuses by the end of the year.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Is this a conflict of interest?

It was an uncomfortable reminder of a fact that deeply disturbs critics of NASA's Constellation program: Giffords, 39, the chairwoman of the House space subcommittee, is married to a NASA astronaut, a man who until recently worked on the agency's bele [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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