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Arlen Specter Officially Becomes a Democrat
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Veteran Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party on Tuesday, Sen. Harry Reid said. The Specter party switch would give Democrats a filibuster-proof Senate majority of 60 seats if Al Franken holds his current lead in the disputed Minnesota Senate race. Specter, a five-term Senate veteran, was […]
MoreTales of a Deadhead
Tales of a Deadhead Because I couldn’t get into Boston University I got stuck at good Ol’ Ithaca College. No offense, but another cold winter after a couple of years in the Berkshires freezing my butt off in High School and here I was stuck with a bunch of Long Islanders in the middle of […]
MoreU.S. Lawmakers Smell Something Fishy in Bank of America / Merrill Deal
U.S. lawmakers seek BofA-Merrill probe R E U T E R S Fri Apr 24, 2009 By Kim Dixon and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Momentum is building among U.S. lawmakers to investigate Bank of America’s (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) purchase of Merrill Lynch, amid allegations that federal officials gave the bank’s chief […]
MoreCIA Ordered To Hand Over Information About Destroyed Torture Tapes
John Byrne THE RAW STORY The Central Intelligence Agency must turn over records regarding detainee interrogation tapes the agency destroyed in an alleged effort to protect the identity of its officers. A federal judge rejected the CIA’s attempt to withhold records relating to the agency’s destruction of 92 videotapes that depicted interrogation of CIA prisoners […]
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