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HuffPosters: Have You Traded Life Insurance For Mortgage Payments? Share Your Stories

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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The economic crisis has forced Americans to make decisions they never expected to make. In an effort to keep up with his rising mortgage payments, on...

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Wall Street Credit Crash Threatens To Tank U.S. Auto Industry

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"Every job lost on Wall Street impacts two-to-three jobs on the outside. By comparison, every job lost at an auto plant impacts nearly 10 jobs on the outside... We don't want to know what happens if the domestic auto industry gets away from us."

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Suddenly Obama's Auto-Policies Matter: Michigan Is The New Florida

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

Any sort of cash incentive to get manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles -- and to get people to buy more of them -- is an admirable thing. But let's not forget that if people just make smarter choices, this nation's energy usage will go down dramatically.

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Meet An American Samoa Superdelegate: A Beauty Contest Judge

Elaine Meyer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Elaine Meyer

Super-delegates are often portrayed as the ultimate Democratic party insiders, people who hold elected office or have been high-ranking staff on a pol...

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Iowa Campaigns Banking On Phone Outreach

Quad City Times | Ed Tibbetts | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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By the time Jane Irene Duax arrived Monday at Davenport North High School, she was well aware that Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards woul...

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