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Could this have anything to do with Coleman being under suspicion for corruption? Democrat Al Franken has pulled ahead of incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota's still unresolved U.S. Senate race, according to a running tally on the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Web site...

Recession? What recession? Let's party! Despite the economic downturn and bleak employment picture, many companies are still celebrating with year-end holiday bashes. By Elizabeth Strott, MSN Money Party on, colleagues. Though the economic downturn has caused many companies to...

In his first TV interview since the presidential election, Vice President Dick Cheney once again staunchly defended the Bush administration's record in the war on terror and, more specifically, the decision to go to war in Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney brushes aside ex-colleagues' assertions...

The media has seemed to have morphed into the far right or far left depending upon your perspective and personal viewpoint. How far does it go and does it actually affect our daily lives - what we buy, how we vote, how we react to certain viewpoints in the media Possibly the largest range of...

We as a society seem to have forgotten that there are ~22,000 nuclear weapons out there and pointed at... us With the current India/Pakistan situation are we any closer to a nuclear holocaust? IF not, why haven't we gotten rid of the stockpile - or at least reduced it (Click on the...

I'm really getting to like this Obama fella. A scientist for a scientific post - who'd of thunk it!!!! WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name Steven Chu, a physicist who runs the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as his energy secretary, three Democratic...

Charleton Heston must be rolling in his grave A program to exchange guns for gifts has brought in a record number of weapons this year as residents hit hard by the economy look under the bed and in closets to find items to trade for groceries. The annual Gifts for Guns program wound down...

CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday he's asked his economic team for a recovery plan that saves or creates more than 2 million jobs, makes public buildings more energy-efficient and invests in the country's roads and schools. "We won't just throw money at the problem," Obama...

Barack Obama is still more than six weeks from White House, and the next Iowa caucuses are more than three years away — so naturally, it’s time to start talking 2012, as a new national poll suggests that Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee top the list of potential 2012 Republican presidential...

Company tries to get gun classed as medical device Updated 19:01 05 December 2008 by Ewen Callaway For similar stories, visit the Weapons Technology Topic Guide A US company claims to have received federal approval to market a 9-mm handgun as a medical device and hopes the US government will...

Today's job loss data is but the beginning of a long and painful depression. Once data comes in for December/January, 71,000 will seem insignificant. It's past time for our gov't to get its act together and come up with a "real" stimulus package that focuses on the economy and not petty...

DURING the midterm elections, a question nagged at Republicans who agreed to follow the White House script on the Iraq war: Does the president care more about his legacy than the party’s in pushing his course? By last week, many Republicans on Capitol Hill had come to believe that their...

Canada's economy "usually" follows whatever happens in the US marketplace by approx 3 months. Are people prepared for mass unemployment? or are they still thinking thatwe will come out of this fiscal abyss intact? The job market was dealt a savage blow on Thursday: AT&T Inc., DuPont Co...

After the gov't falls and the Conservatives tire of Harpers bungling ways, who do you think will be in line to be the next leader of the Conservatives? MacKay? Prentice? It will be hard to pick as "the bench" is a 'tad thin. Ther are no real "up-and-comers" nor anyone with any leadership...

Dateline: Wasilla Assembly of God Church WAAAkkk, supmiiitf. BrAAACKK, unfitum. summma, summa The women writhed in convulsions and fell to the floor. Some arcane Voodo ceremony? A tribal incantation in Zimbabwe? No, just the "laying on of hands" and "speaking in tongues" in the...

Is there actually a bottom to the bailout bucket? The next "hit" will be to Pensions. Falling markets and a sour economy have opened a gap of more than $200 billion in the pension plans of S&P 500 companies, including Ford and GM. Will taxpayers get stuck with the bill? Despite choppy...