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Matt Lauer Has Shoulder Surgery Following Bike Accident

AP | Posted 04.24.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Matt Lauer is recovering from surgery to repair the shoulder he separated when he fell off his bike while avoiding a deer that jumped...

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Bernanke, Geithner Testify On Bank Plan, AIG (LIVE VIDEO)

The Huffington Post/MSNBC | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, appe...

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James Davis, Stanford CFO, Cooperating With Investigators

AP | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

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DALLAS — The chief financial officer of the troubled companies owned by Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford has promised full cooperation with f...

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Regina Lasko Photos: Letterman Talks About Marrying Her (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

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Go here to see HuffPost's Letterman Big News page and read updates on the extortion plot David Letterman announced on Monday's "Late Show" that he ...

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Gossip Girl: March Madness

Daniel Sweren-Becker | Posted 04.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Dan Humphrey, Chuck Bass, Gossip Girl, Entertainment, Blair Waldorf, Serena Van Der Woodsen, Gossip Girl Season 2, New York/New York, Entertainment News
Daniel Sweren-Becker

Chuck offers to lick Blair's wounds. I wouldn't mind seeing the logistics of this.

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AIG Furor May Have Helped Funds In U.S. Toxic Plan

Reuters | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - In an ironic twist, public anger about massive bonuses at bailed-out insurer American International Group may have helped big inv...

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David Letterman Marries Regina Lasko

AP | Posted 04.23.2009 | Media

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LOS ANGELES — David Letterman said he and longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko had a bumpy trip to matrimony last week. During a taping Monday of C...

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Real Progress on Homelessness

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

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Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

We can end chronic homelessness, but only if we abandon ineffective and entrenched practices.

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NY State Senator Indicted, Accused Of Assault

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

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NEW YORK — A freshman state senator sworn in to office despite allegations he slashed his girlfriend's face with broken glass in a jealous rage ...

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Arthur Delaney

JP Morgan Spending Millions On Jets: Keep Blowing The Whistle On Bailout Waste

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

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JPMorgan Chase, beneficiary of $25 billion in taxpayer bailout dollars, plans to spend $138 million for swank corporate jets and a new hangar, ABC New...

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Joshua Cooper Ramo: Surprise! Global Financial Crisis Could Turn China Into A Superpower

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.11.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

The Chinese banking system has been through so much stress during the last few decades, they are in a much better position than the U.S. to deal with the global financial crisis, says Joshua Cooper Ramo.

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If We 'Kill the Rich', Don't We Kill the Dream?

Vicky Ward | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Class Warfare, Aig Bonuses, Economic Crisis, Economy, Aig, Bank Bonuses, New York, New York City, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Financial Crisis, Aig Federal Bailouts, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, AIG Scandal, New York/New York, Washington/United States, Business News
Vicky Ward

New York is the national epicenter of ostentation and consumerism. Now those qualities are considered tasteless. Wealth has become a dirty word.

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Matt Lauer In Bike Accident With Deer, Absent From "Today"

AP | Posted 04.23.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — A flip off his bicycle took "Today" show co-host Matt Lauer off the air Monday with a shoulder injury. Lauer, 51, was riding his bic...

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Madoff, the Sit-Com

Richard B. Woodward | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy

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Richard B. Woodward

When thinking of the Madoff saga as a fantastic comedy, I imagine him as a one-time character on Seinfeld. The pattern of the scandal mirrors the social network of the series.

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Madoffs Worth More Than $823 Million

AP | TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — By all accounts, Bernard Madoff isn't talking. And his wife, his sons, his brother and other key employees have lawyered up. That mea...

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Geithner's Folly

Robert Kuttner | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economy, Tim Geithner, 100 Days, Citibank, Banking Crisis, Financial Crisis, Banks, Timothy Geithner, Zombie Banks, New York/New York, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

All of Obama's good work will be for naught if his team doesn't get the banking system functioning again.

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