Economy

Ridiculous Claim: Fed Policy Not To Blame For Rising Food and Gas Prices; The Dollar Hasn’t Gone Down

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Mac Slavo | The latest economic theory from the Nobel Prize winning economist suggests that the Fed and government intervention couldn’t possibly have anything to do with US dollar depreciation.

PRUDEN: Can Indiana nice save an old lion Lugar?

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Smashmouth politics, the norm nearly everywhere else, has overtaken "Indiana nice" on the banks of the old Wabash. A lion of the Senate — as Senate lions are now measured — is likely to fall today.

All the polls say so. One of them shows Richard Mourdock, challenging Richard ...

Gassy dinosaurs warmed Earth, study says

Potty humor just got prehistoric. A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have helped keep an already overheated world warmer with their flatulence and burps 200 million years ago.

The research published Monday in Current Biology suggests that large dinosaurs made a significant contribution to the greenhouse effect back then. ...

American Scene: NRC chair says no timetable for nuke plant restart

LOS ANGELES — The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday there is no timetable for restarting the sidelined San Onofre nuclear plant on the Southern California coast and a federal review of its troubled tubing will take whatever time is necessary to complete.

The statement from Chairman Gregory ...

Solar project opens on federal property

Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar on Monday cheered on the opening of the first large-scale solar power project on federal property, just three days after his department rolled out new regulations on oil and gas companies doing business on those very same lands.

The Enbridge Silver State North solar project ...

Publishing heirs fight to air Pepsi's secret

NEW YORK — The heirs of the man who helped develop the formula for Pepsi are suing the soda company over their right to share with the public documents detailing their father's invention.

The daughter and son of Richard Ritchie say PepsiCo Inc. is interfering with their ability to market ...

Torture: The Bush Administration on Trial

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Andy Worthington | Jose Rodriguez, the director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service until his retirement in 2007, defends the use of torture.

Hours After CIA Drone Strike, al-Qaeda Attacks Yemeni Base, Kills 20

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Associated Press | Al-Qaeda militants stage surprise attack on Yemeni base killing 20 soldiers, capture 25, hours after U.S. drone strike killed senior al-Qaeda member.

Small-town Ill. official pleads not guilty to stealing $53 million

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The former comptroller of a small northern Illinois city pleaded not guilty Monday to charges alleging she stole more than $53 million of the public's money to fund a lavish lifestyle and create one of the nation's foremost horse-breeding operations.

Rita Crundwell and her attorney, Paul ...

Cities seek more money from tax-exempt colleges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass.

On College Hill sits Brown University, with a $2.5 billion endowment ...

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