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JPMorgan Chase: Break Up the Big Banks Now. Here's How.

www.ourfuture.org - When Jamie Dimon revealed that JPMorgan Chase had lost billions through risky and legally questionable trading, he said the losses would be about $2 billion and maybe more. Apparently it is more - a lot more. People in a position to know are sayin...

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House Democrats calls for Gov. Walker to clarify testimony in light of new video

www.rawstory.com - Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform have asked Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) to obtain a clarification from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R).During a congressional testimony last year, Walker had denied that his act...

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Stupid Teabaggers: 10 GOP Freshman Speak at 8th Grade Level

www.politicususa.com - Even though the Constitution is written at college graduate level comprehension, a new study has found that ten Republican freshman speak at an 8th grade or lower level.

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Ancient Wonders of the Flooring World, Part One

info.georgiacarpet.com - Flooring doesn’t get its due in the study of ancient cultures. But some flooring, like the sand paintings in Buddhist temples really make us wonder what our ancestors will say about our floors. Check-out this post on some of the world’s most inter...

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Thousands of pounds of pot worth $3.6 million found floating off Calif. coast

usnews.msnbc.msn.com - Harbor Patrol officers found nearly 8,000 pounds worth of marijuana floating off the coast of Orange County, Calif., on Sunday, according to reports. The marijuana found south of Los Angeles was packed in around 160 bales and had an estimated stre...

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Bill to decriminalize marijuana possession is advanced by N.J. Assembly committee

www.nj.com - The committee approved a bill that would replace criminal penalties with fines for those caught with fewer than 15 grams of marijuana.

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Despite Legal Challenge, Tyrannosaur Sells for $1 million

news.yahoo.com - NEW YORK — A nearly complete tyrannosaur skeleton has sold for just over $1 million, in spite of a call to halt its auction because the fossils may have been taken illegally from Mongolia.

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the fight to eradicate polio - latimes.com

www.latimes.com - Polio, a highly preventable disease, survives in only Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. If we don't wipe it out now, a future epidemic could be devastating.

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Study: Despite Tougher Copyright Monopoly Laws, Sharing Remains Pervasive - Falkvinge on Infopolicy

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Quebec corruption inquiry could expose links between Mafia, politics and construction — bigger than Gomery? | News | National Post

news.nationalpost.com - A public inquiry endowed with wide-ranging powers will begin hearings on Tuesday into the inner workings of Quebec’s construction industry, and experts are warning the contents may not be pretty.

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