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Food Lobby Mobilizes, As Soda Tax Bubbles Up

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Funds, Fast Food, Congress, Nhma, Snapple, Senate Finance Committee, Lobbyists, Agriculture, American Beverage Association, Soda Tax, Food Loby, Funding, Hispanics, National Corn Growers Association, Health Insurance, Policy, National Hispanic Medical Associaiton, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Coca-Cola, Soft Drinks, Chuck Grassley, Dr. Pepper, Food Politics, Health Care, Beverage Tax, Aba, Lobbying, Corn, Americans Against Food Taxes, Supermarkets, Coke, Alex Padilla, Pepsi, Corn Syrup, Nutrition, Grocery Stores, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Green News

By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...

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America's Midwest: Cashless Chasm or the Valley of Opportunity?

Jeff Bocan | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Midwest, Jeff Bocan, Michigan, Entrepeneurship, Innovation, Funding, Venture Capital, Beringea, Business News
Jeff Bocan

I want to offer a macro-level view of the larger opportunity I see in both Michigan and the Midwest, as a venture capitalist looking for small businesses that have a chance to become much, much bigger businesses.

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Your Tax Dollars Are Paying for the SBA to Post Videos on YouTube!

Susan Wilson Solovic | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, SBTV.Com, Youtube, Federal Reserve, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Obama Administration, Funding, Sba, Business News
Susan Wilson Solovic

Small business owners who are hanging on for dear life won't find any answers on the SBA's YouTube channel.

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Taliban's Diverse Funding Might Make It Impossible To Restrict Cash Flow

Washington Post | Craig Whitlock | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Kabul, Cia, Black List, Taxes, Pakistan, Gen. McChrystal, Obama, Iraq, Treasury Blacklists, CIA Blacklists, Afghanistan War, Pakistan Military, Donations, Iran, Nato, Black Listed, Mcchrystal, Funding, U.N., Opium, Iraq War, Taliban, Afghanistan, Un, Insurgency, Donors, Politics News

KABUL -- The Taliban-led insurgency has built a fundraising juggernaut that generates cash from such an array of criminal rackets, donations, taxes, s...

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Pawlenty Demands State Sever All Ties To ACORN -- But There Are None

Minnesota Star Tribune | Bob Von Sternberg | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Controversy, Minnesota, Acorn, Illegal Activity, Minneapolis, Tom Hanson, Tim Pawlenty, Funding, Voter Fraud, Politics News

Gov. Tim Pawlenty today joined the chorus of disapproval aimed at the ACORN community organizing group, ordering that state agencies "stop all state f...

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Your Social Capital: Invest It in Philanthropy

Ron Mirenda | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Good Works, Charity, Social Responsibility, Funding Non-Profits, Funding, Legacy, Social Capital, Donating to Non-Profits, Fundraising, Community-Reinvestment, Making a Difference, Living News
Ron Mirenda

Social capital allows us to invest in the future of society in areas we are passionate about and in those we strongly believe will make a difference in our society.

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Cancer Research and the Stimulus

Susan Sawyers | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harold Varmus, War on Cancer, National Cancer Institute, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Economic Stimulus Package, Funmi Olopade, Funding, Cancer Research, Daniel Catenacci, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Robert Weinberg, National Institutes of Health, Politics News
Susan Sawyers

Rsearchers, although grateful for the TARP money, say what's needed is a long-term financial commitment without the shackles of spending deadlines and separate accounting for federal funding.

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Republican John Boehner: 'Where Are The Jobs?' From The Stimulus

AP | WILL LESTER | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Federal Spending, John Boehner, Jobs, Funding, Stimulus, Recession, Republicans, Stimulus Money, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Republicans concerned about the Obama administration's big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking, "Where...

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CrowdFunding: How to Kickstart Your Business

Juliette Powell | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Kiva.org, Wikipedia, threadless.com, Crowdfunding, Juliette Powell, Crowdsourcing, 33 Million People, Perrychen, KickStarter.Com, Small Business, Social Networking, Funding, Business, Crowd Funding, Social Media, Digital Media, Social Networks, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Juliette Powell

'Crowdfunding', a spin on 'crowdsourcing', is the latest funding opportunity at a time when our funding institutions are failing.

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Letter to The Supervisors Who Cut Planned Parenthood's Funding

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Religion, Women's Rights, Women's Health, Orange County, Funding, Supervisor, Planned Parenthood, Politics News
Danielle Cavallucci

You ought to be ashamed of operating under such a thin veneer of religious ideology without offering the women who patronize Planned Parenthood an alternative.

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Investing in the Animals' Future, and Our Own

Michael Markarian | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Enforcement, Funding, Animal Welfare Act, Animals, Humane Slaughter, Animal Fighting, Animal Kindness, Animal Rights, Animal Humanity, Humane Treatment of Animals, Horses, Animal Legislation, Green News
Michael Markarian

We've seen time and time again that the animals' fate is intertwined with our own, and that addressing animal welfare policies helps to safeguard all of us.

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Microsoft Unveils Windows 7, RIP Vista: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 29, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Linkedin, Cw, 90210, Books, Vista, Microsoft, Funding, Mediabytes, Cbs, Lawsuit, Wideorbit, Ad Networks, Authors, Windows 7, Third Party Apps, Shelly Palmer, Media News, Publishers, Melrose Place, Revenue Management, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Microsoft introduced Windows 7, officially ending the poor Vista years. The seventh incarnation of Windows is expected to be a slimmer, more respons...

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Prop. 5: Smarter, Cheaper Crime Policies

Dave Fratello | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 5, Funding, California, Prison, 2008 Election, Prisoners, Politics News
Dave Fratello

On crime and prisons, the Golden State lags behind many others, with a costly and overburdened prison system that now consumes more than $10 billion each year.

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My Autistic Son is Not a Political Pawn

Janet Grillo | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Down Syndrome, Funding, John McCain, Autism, Presidential Debate 2008, Mccain Wednesday Debate, Presidential Debates, New York Debate, Presidential Debate Results, Obama Mccain Debate Reaction, Presidential Debate, Hofstra Debate Reaction, Politics News, Presidential Debate Wednesday, Debate Reaction, Obama Mccain Debate, Hofstra Debate, Obama Mccain Debate New York, Sarah Palin Debate, Obama Wednesday Debate, Presidential Debate New York, The Presidential Debate, Mccain Debate, Obama Debate, McCain-Obama Debate, Obama Mccain Wednesday Debate, Politics News
Janet Grillo

Last night, John McCain told us that Governor Palin "knows more about Autism than any other American I know." Perhaps he should get out more.

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Why does John McCain hate planetariums?

Phil Plait | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barak Obama, John McCain, Education, Astronomy, Planetarium, Science, Mccain, Funding, Nashville Debate, Town Hall Debate, Obama Mccain Town Hall, 2nd Debate, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Debate Reaction, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Presidential Debate Reaction, Nashville Town Hall, Obama Mccain Tuesday Debate, Obama Mccain Debate, Belmont Debate, Tennessee Town Hall, Obama Mccain Debate Tennessee, Politics News
Phil Plait

Planetaria show us the beauty and grandeur of the Universe, and shouldn't be cynically relegated to being a political bludgeon used to score cheap points.

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On Education Policy, Obama and McCain Clash Over Vouchers, Teaching 'Merits' and Funding

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Democrat, Debate, Argue, Money, Education, Afterschool, Funding, Mccain, Obama, Policy, School, Vp, Values, College, Faith-Based Initiatives, Palin, Barack Obama, School Vouchers, Election 2008, Home News
Susan Kelley-Stamerra

With Friday's first presidential debate just around the corner, it's time to examine some real policy differences before we get snookered by all the f...

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The Method Behind Rev. Meeks' Madness

Hermene Hartman | Posted 09.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Funding, Meeks, Economy, Protest, Chicago School Funding, James Meeks, Chicago Public Schools Fudning, Cps, Civil Rights, Chicago News
Hermene Hartman

Meeks' methods of school reform are sure to bring national attention to an educational sore. Perhaps he may even get the presidential candidates to address the issue of educational funding in America.

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Hillary's $5 Million Dump Truck

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Arkansas, Barack Obama Fundraising, Clinton Loan, Rose Law Firm, Funding, Corporate Boards, $5 Millon Loan, Dump Truck of Dirt, Supermarket Magnate, Super Tuesday Results, Hillary Clinton Fundraising, Kazakhstan, Bill Clinton, Giustra, Marc Cooper. Ron Burkle, Breaking Politics News, Whitewater, Hillary Clinton, : Barack Obama, Uranium Deal, Home News
Marc Cooper

When Obama said Republicans would find a "whole dump truck" of dirt on Hillary Clinton he knew what he was talking about. She just poured $5 million into its tank.

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Sam Stein

Senate To Follow House With Aggressive Iraq Funding Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Congress, Funding, President Bush, Democrats, Withdrawal, Politics News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, announced today that the Senate will not approve war funding this calender year unless it is a $50 billion me...

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Sam Stein

Dem Iraq Funding Bill Is Most Aggressive Pursued Thus Far

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq War Funding, Funding, Democrats, Politics News

House Democratic leaders are slated to introduce the toughest-worded war funding resolution since taking office, one that would appropriate money only...

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Curbed Gets $1.5M From Denton, Gawker Among Others

New York Times | Dan Mitchell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Nick Denton, Blogs, Gawker, Funding, Curbed, Media News

The residential real estate market may be troubled, but property-focused Web sites are still attracting visitors and investors. Curbed.com, a popular...

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