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EPA: Uranium From Polluted British Petroleum Mine Found In Nevada Water Wells

AP | SCOTT SONNER | November 21, 2009

Read More: Atlantic Richfield, Bp, British Petroleum, Epa, Hydreology, Mining, Nevada, Nevada Department Of, New Mexico, Uranium, Uranium Mine, Uranium Mines, Us Bureau Of Land Management, Yerington, Yerington Paiute Tribe

YERINGTON, Nev. — Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air...

New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package As Worthy Step: NYT

nytimes.com | JACKIE CALMES and MICHAEL COOPER | November 20, 2009

Read More: Economic Crisis, Economic Stimulus Package, Financial Crisis, Second Stimulus, Stimulus, Stimulus Package, Unemployment Numbers, Unemployment Rate

Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into...

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Senator Says Loophole In Derivatives Regulation Undermines Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim | November 20, 2009

Read More: Bailout, Barney Frank, Cantwell, Collin Peterson, Derivatives, Derivatives Reform, Financial Crisis, Financial Reform, Main Street, Maria Cantwell, Occ, Regulatory Reform, Wall Street

The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivatives, Sen....

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Tina Fey Does Sarah Palin At Ad Council Dinner (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | November 21, 2009

While hosting the Ad Council Annual Dinner Wednesday night, "30 Rock" creator Tina Fey brought back her famous impersonation of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin....

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Rep. Jackie Speier's Tough Bank Amendment Passes With Room Nearly Empty

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | November 20, 2009

Read More: Bank Amendment, Bank Legislation, Financial Services Committee, Jackie Speier

Don't sleep on Jackie Speier. The freshman Democrat from California came into the House Financial Services Committee room Thursday ready to fight for her long-shot...

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Black Friday Sales 2009: How To Use Social Media To Find Deals

mashable.com | November 21, 2009

We're a week away from Black Friday and just a few years ago, if you wanted to find the best deals, you had to wait...

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Electric Rolls-Royce Could Be Out By Christmas 2010, Rumors Report

wired.com | November 20, 2009

Read More: Electric Car, Electric Cars, Electric Phantom, Electric Phantom Rols, Electric Rolls, Electric Rolls Royce, Electric Rolls Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce, Rolls Royce Phantom

Rumors of an electric Rolls-Royce Phantom are back, with the word being the super-luxe automaker could have one on the road within 12 months....

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FHA: Wealthy Buyers Qualifying For Guaranteed Mortgages, Despite Depleting Reserves

nytimes.com | DAVID STREITFELD | November 20, 2009

Read More: Defaults, Federal Housing Administration, First-Time-Home-Buyer-Tax-Credit, Home Buyer Credit, Home Buyers, Housing Crisis, Mortgage Bankers Association, Mortgage Crisis

The Internal Revenue Service is giving tax rebates to first-time buyers, and soon to move-up buyers, in a program beset by accusations of fraud. And...

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Poker Pros Make Excellent Traders, Says Harvard Finance Professor

bloomberg.com | Mason Levinson | November 20, 2009

Read More: Harvard, Phli Ivey, Poker, Recession, Risk Management, Steve Begleiter, Traders, Wall Street, World Series Of Poker

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Brandon Adams, who teaches behavioral finance at Harvard University's Department of Economics, says some of the best candidates for Wall Street...

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Mother Sues Indiana Social Services For Cutting Off Daughters' Medicaid

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | November 20, 2009

Read More: Angela Satterwhite, Bearing Witness, Bearing Witness 2.0, Free Clinic, Jobless Benefits, Medicaid, Melissa Grant, North Carolina Home Protection Program, Rhonda Victor, Unemployment Benefits

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. A...

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Unemployment By State In October (MAP)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | November 20, 2009

Read More: Jobless Numbers, National Unemployment, Unemplooyment Numbers, Unemployment, Unemployment By State

Unemployment rates are up from this time last year in all 50 states, but recently the situation improved somewhat -- employment increased in 28 states...

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Dodd Muted On Bernanke Renomination Prospects

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | November 20, 2009

Read More: Ben Bernanke, Chris Dodd, Federal Reserve, Senate Banking Committee

Just six weeks after he told Reuters it was essentially a done deal, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd punted when asked about the likelihood...

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'Zombie Buildings': Are They The Next Economic Calamity? (VIDEO)

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Christine Spolar and Lagan Sebert | November 20, 2009

Read More: Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate Crisis, Corus Bank, Lehman Brothers, Zombie Buildings

While the overall U.S. financial system is showing signs of stability, a rapidly rising tide of troubled loans for commercial real estate threatens the survival...