Month: October 2008

Wall Street by JT

US, NY probing credit-default swap market

By LARRY NEUMEISTER – 1 day ago NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors and New York’s attorney general said Monday they had taken the unusual step of joining forces to probe the multitrillion-dollar credit-default swap market, an unregulated area of finance blamed for helping to fuel the credit crisis. The offices of U.S. Attorney Michael […]

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Election 2008 by JT

Dead Bear Covered With Obama Signs Found at School

Racism On The Campaign Trail Mon Oct 20, 10:03 pm ET CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Police at Western Carolina University and wildlife officials were investigating the discovery early Monday of a dead bear cub draped with a pair of Barack Obama campaign signs. Leila Tvedt, associate vice chancellor for public relations, said Monday night that maintenance workers found the 75-pound […]

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