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Opinion: Climate Bill May Spur Energy Revolution
Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead.
It was late Friday when the House passed legislation that would, for the first time, require limits on pollution blamed for global warming — mainly carbon dioxide from burning [...]
FOOD ALERT: 13 Things Your Waiter Won’t Tell You
1. Avoid eating out on holidays and Saturday nights. The sheer volume of customers guarantees that most kitchens will be pushed beyond their ability to produce a high-quality dish.
2. There are almost never any sick days in the restaurant business. A busboy with a kid to support isn’t going to stay home and miss out [...]
Did Obama Really Say That? President Tells America To Take ‘Painkillers Instead of Surgery’
Editorial Note: It seems whenever President Obama goes off script, or they throw him a question he doesn’t have a prepared answer for, the truth seems to slip out. Before you read the following, think of a National Hospital Center where hundreds of people are waiting in line for hours to [...]
Iranian Leaders Gaining The Edge Of Protesters
The direct confrontation over Iran’s presidential election was effectively silenced Friday when the main opposition leader said he would seek permits for any future protests, an influential cleric suggested that leaders of the demonstrations could be executed, and the council responsible for validating the election repeated its declaration that there were no major irregularities.
Rather than [...]
House Barely Passes Climate Bill
Landmark legislation to curb U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions was approved by the House of Representatives in a close vote late Friday, securing an initial victory for a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s agenda.
The 1,200 page bill — formally known as the “American Clean Energy and Security Act” — will reach into almost every corner of the [...]
Dr. Mark Hyman: The 7 Keys to UltraWellness: Discover Why You are Sick and How You Can Heal
“I didn’t know how bad I was feeling until I started feeling better.”
That is what my patients tell me every day. They go from being ill or just okay to experiencing UltraWellness.
Most people don’t know how poorly they feel until they feel better. In fact, most of us don’t recognize that fatigue, digestive problems, aches [...]
Gay DNC Fundraiser Filled With Frustration: “No One Is Happy With Obama”
President Barack Obama is taking heat from some gays and lesbians for not fulfilling campaign pledges. He’s also taking their cash.
Gay rights activists have complained that Obama has not followed through on his promises to repeal a law banning their open service in the military, to do away with a federal marriage law or to [...]
OVERLOOKED STORY OF THE WEEK: Obama and Democrats (Republicans Too) Clash on How to Pay for Health Care
It has become the trillion-dollar question: can President Obama find that much in spending cuts and tax increases to keep his campaign promise to overhaul the health care system, without adding to already huge deficits? Mr. Obama and the Democrats running Congress are deeply split over the possibilities.
House and Senate leaders do not like his [...]
The Plight Of Small Business Owners
If the senior Wall Street bankers and Washington decision makers who can move billions of dollars with a single conference call want to understand what is truly happening in the economy, they should sit down with small business people like Peter Elliot, the owner of a clothing store in New York City for the past [...]
MOST OVERLOOKED STORY OF THE DAY: Bernanke Holds Firm in Hot Seat
Legislators yesterday pounded Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke with questions about his role in Bank of America’s purchase of Merrill Lynch, discarding the deference long accorded to him and his predecessors in a demonstration of mounting concern about the Fed’s performance.
At a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Republicans repeatedly [...]
