Bonuses for Wall Street Should Go to Zero, U.S. Taxpayers Say

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:53 PM EST (Bloomberg.com)

ov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. taxpayers, who feel they own a stake in Wall Street after funding a $700 billion bailout for the industry, don't want executives' bonuses reduced. They want them eliminated.

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Goldman Sachs urged bets against California bonds it helped sell

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:50 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Goldman, Sachs & Co. urged some of its big clients to place investment bets against California bonds this year despite having collected millions of dollars in fees to help the state sell some of those same bonds.

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Iraq FM: Iraq not to be base for offensives against neighbors

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:45 PM EST (xinhuanet)

DAMASCUS, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said here on Tuesday that his country would not be a base for offensives against its neighbors, the official SANA news agency reported.

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Supreme Court Sides With U.S. Navy in Dispute Over Sonar Use, Whale Safety

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:43 PM EST (ABC News)

In court, Kendall had argued that there is scientific evidence that mammals such as the endangered beaked whale suffer irreversible damage when they are exposed to the intense underwater noises that sonar produces.

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More groups ask California Supreme Court to overturn Proposition 8

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:26 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Reporting from San Francisco and Los Angeles -- Anti-discrimination groups and bar associations have joined 44 state legislators in calling on the California Supreme Court to overturn the anti-gay marriage initiative voters passed last week.

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Obama's Bailout Bunch Brings Us More of the Same: Jonathan Weil

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:18 PM EST (Bloomberg.com)

Take a good look at some of the 17 people our nation's president-elect chose last week for his Transition Economic Advisory Board.

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Lobbyists Swarm the Treasury for Piece of Bailout Pie

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:12 PM EST (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — When the government said it would spend $700 billion to rescue the nation's financial industry, it seemed to be an ocean of money. But after one of the biggest lobbying free-for-alls in memory, it suddenly looks like a dwindling pool.

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Russia rejects U.S. missile proposals

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:04 PM EST (Reuters)

"Russia is ready to cooperate with the United States on European security but considers the proposals that were sent are insufficient," Itar-Tass news agency quoted an unidentified Kremlin source as saying.

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US spec-ops get robot whispercopter kill fleet this month

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:59 PM EST (The Register (UK))

The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) secret military forces are receiving their first robotic whisper-mode helicopters, according to reports.

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KBR wins Army Corps contract

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:55 PM EST ()

Why are we privatizing our military? Why should private investors (Cheney) benefit from the tax payer money that supports the Army Corp.? Just another get rich plan that kicks the citizens in the face.

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