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New Allegations Against Embattled 'Minister For Murdoch'

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 05.25.2012

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LONDON (AP) — A British minister in the hot seat for his alleged close ties to Rupert Murdoch's media empire did lobby Prime Minister David Cameron ...

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Can $250,000 buy a senator?

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

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By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsIn the aftermath of Tuesday's Republican U.S. Senate primary in Nebraska, campaign finance watchdogs are concerned about...

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Bill To End Indefinite Detention Fails In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A judge may have found unconstitutional the law that allows people to be held indefinitely without trial by the military, but the House ...

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Indefinite Detention Showdown Looms In The House

Posted 05.19.2012

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By DONNA CASSATTA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- A showdown looms in the House over whether to end the indefinite detention without trial of t...

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How to Prevent Indefinite Military Detention in the United States. Really.

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.17.2012

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The National Defense Authorization Act rightly outraged many on both the left and the right last year, and legislators from all over the political map are now responding. But while one of those responses is real -- i.e., it would actually fix the problem -- one is not, and by pretending to fix it would only make things worse.

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Lawmakers Try To End Indefinite Detention In America

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to end the law that lets the military indefinitely detain people arrested in America on terror...

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Public Opinion Blocked On Afghan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 05.11.2012

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While public opinion has turned firmly against the war in Afghanistan, falling to another all-time low in an Associated Press poll on Wednesday, Repub...

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Dem, GOPer Target Indefinite Detention

Mother Jones | Posted 05.09.2012

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With Congress getting ready to assemble the next big defense authorization bill, two House members are coming together across party lines to ensure th...

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Does the Invisible Hand Really Know Best?

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 04.24.2012

Is the free market really free? Or does it come at the expense of civic values we neglect at our peril? That's one of many questions I found myself pondering after reading What Money Can't Buy by Michael J. Sandel.

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Greg Smith, Adam Smith and the 'Self-Interest' of Goldman Sachs

John Paul Rollert | Posted 04.24.2012

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When it comes to doing business, can we make a meaningful distinction between self-interest and selfishness?

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Adam Smith Would Be Appalled

Allan Brawley | Posted 04.17.2012

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Adam Smith would be appalled by the behavior of those who justify their selfish actions by citing his name and the economic rules that he supposedly espoused.

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‘Texts From Hillary Clinton' Founders Call It Quits

ABC News | Posted 04.12.2012

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We'll always have the "LOLZ": Like experienced party-goers who take their leave while they're still having fun, "Texts From Hillary" founders Stacy La...

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Democrats Move To Repeal Indefinite Detention

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A pair of lawmakers on Thursday offered a bill that would repeal laws that allow the indefinite detention of Americans and others by the...

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Is This The Best Concert Film Of All Time?

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.28.2012

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It took nine songs, but by the time "Hey Boy Hey Girl" came on during an advance screening for "Don't Think" -- an Adam Smith-directed movie of the Ch...

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White House Abandons Veto Threat Of Indefinite Detention Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House on Wednesday abandoned its threat to veto a defense bill that sets in stone the commander in chief's authority to indefi...

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Why the Bankers Aren't In Jail

Lyric Hughes Hale | Posted 02.11.2012

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The reasons that there aren't any trophy heads after the financial crisis are plentiful: there are legal obstacles, practical obstacles, a lack of personnel, and general fuzziness about how economic crimes are defined.

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Behind Closed Doors: Congress Trying to Force Indefinite Detention Bill on Americans

Christopher E. Anders | Posted 02.08.2012

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Secret deals for indefinite military detention without charge or trial? Tell Congress we are better than that. It's not who we are as Americans, and it is not the country or the world we want to pass on to our children and grandchildren.

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Invisible Hand

Jeff Danziger | Posted 02.07.2012

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Rebels And Messiahs: 10 Spiritual Ancestors For Occupy Wall Street

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 01.07.2012

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We started to make a list of people throughout history who might be considered Occupy Wall Street's spiritual forefathers and mothers, but it got so long it felt like the album cover for Sgt. Pepper.

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Let's Stop Trying to Save the Environment; We Aren't Good At It, and It Isn't Working

Harris Silver | Posted 01.04.2012

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The way to save the environment is to save capitalism. And the way to save capitalism is to understand the role of government in protecting the commons through regulation and policy.

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Business Must Understand U.S. Individualism and Conflicting Visions

Brad Reid | Posted 10.01.2011

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The debt ceiling debate is a small part a much larger clash of opposed visions about the relative roles of the public and private spheres of influence.

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Democrat To Push Bill On Behalf Of Gabrielle Giffords

AP | Posted 08.20.2011

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WASHINGTON — Stepping in for injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee is pushing a bill to help t...

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Why Is Global Competition Good for Detroit Yet Bad for Nantucket?

Charles Kolb | Posted 07.12.2011

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Why do so many CEOs want to escape to a place so different from where they work? There is a certain irony, perhaps even hypocrisy, in these disparities.

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Will U.S. Withdrawal From Iraq Be Delayed?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is evaluating whether to keep troops in Iraq beyond the planned withdrawal date, a decision that would extend a...

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Witness: Accused Inside Trader Removed Office Records On Day Of Arrest

Posted 05.29.2011

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NEW YORK (By Grant McCool) - A former Galleon Group trader contends he saw a brother of accused hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam remove notebooks...

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