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Arkansas Democrat gets tough with banks
Blanche Lincoln, the Democratic senator from Arkansas, is vowing to press ahead with her controversial plan to force deposit-taking banks to spin off their derivatives operations, a tough new provision that is set to be debated on the Senate floor this week
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ECB reveals €16.5bn bond purchases
European Central Bank says it has bought €16.5bn worth of eurozone government bonds so
Justices: Child should have stayed in Chile
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Texas mother illegally moved her son from Chile to
TRENDING: Obama’s aunt can stay in U.S.
President Obama has stayed out of the immigration case involving his aunt, the White House
Primaries put incumbents on the line
Tuesday's primary contests will put the nation's anti-Washington mood to the test
Q+A’s Guyon Espiner Interviews Phil Goff
Opposition leader attacks John Key’s integrity over his change of position in Tuhoe negotiations
Mount St. Helens Remains a Mystery 30 Years Later (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - The catastrophic
eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980 transformed
Japan to launch solar-powered spacecraft
Visionaries have dreamed of using light as a form of space propulsion at least since Jules
Medvedev to address energy alliance on Ukraine visit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was due in Ukraine on Monday for a two-day state visit
Obama welcomes UConn bball team to White House
President Barack Obama welcomed the University of Connecticut's national champion women's
Northeast witnesses peaceful district council elections
Imphal, May 17 (ANI): Elections for autonomous hill district councils in the northeast,
Maoist attack kills about 35 in Dantewada
About 35 people, including policemen, were killed when Maoist rebels detonated a landmine
Q+A’s Holmes Interviews Dr Paul Quigley
The shocked and grieving parents of James Webster say they will never be happy again, they
At least 20 killed in Dantewada bus bombing - police
At least 20 people, including policemen, were killed when suspected Maoist rebels detonated
UN picks Costa Rican Figueres as new climate chief
The United Nations appointed Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica on Monday to be its climate
Spacewalk hit by brief power outage, no danger (AP)
Obama doesn’t take questions at Freedom of Press Act signing
Obama declined to answer questions at bill signing for the Freedom of Press Act. Washington
