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Obama’s remarks on signing the stimulus plan
President Obama signed the $787 economic stimulus bill Tuesday in Denver, Colorado.
Afghanistan to help review U.S. war on terror
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that his country would join the strategic review of the U.S.-led war on terrorism. Speaking at a joint news conference with visiting U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke, Karzai said he is “very, very thankful” that President Barack Obama accepted his proposal to join the review
GOP senators say Obama off to bad start
Top Republican lawmakers Sunday called on President Obama to change his political strategy, arguing that the passage of a massive stimulus bill on a party-line vote showed he has failed to deliver the "change" he promised. “If this is going to be bipartisanship, the country’s screwed,” Sen
Daytona Drag: NASCAR Tries to Outrace the Recession
How should NASCAR rev up its popularity during a recession? Maybe Bruton Smith has the answer.
Comment: Obama loses some of his magic
You can tell right away when a magician loses his touch. Even if the tricks work, you see the effort involved. Barack Obama was traveling the US this week, trying to pull more than $800 billion out of his hat to boost the economy
A Better Bank Fix: Cut Every Mortgage’s Principal
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has unveiled a new plan to combat the financial crisis: convincing private financial institutions to buy up “toxic assets” with the government’s backing. While this is a step up from former Secretary Henry Paulson’s original bailout plan—in which the government itself would buy up the bad securities—it is still not the right approach. Instead, there is a better, cheaper, less risky, more direct way to improve banks’ balance sheets and restore confidence
The Depression Hits Las Vegas
Casino gambling is part of the American Dream.
Beth Teitell: On Not Looking Old
Author Beth Teitell has decided to take on the malady that often afflicts American women: “Fear of looking our age.” Teitell, who is 47 and writes regularly for the Boston Globe, spent a year exploring the American obsession with youth — the Botox Industrial Complex — for her new book, Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth .
Amputee, doctor of poor faces losing his home
Luis Caplan served the poor of the South Bronx for decades out of a small medical office. His leg was amputated after a bout with cancer in 1990, yet he continued to work for another five years