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Private Sector Loans, Not Fannie or Freddie, Triggered Crisis...That's Right Blame It ALL On Minorities and the Poor...BULL view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 20 hours ago
- (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/st...)
- Became popular about 5 hours ago
Talk radio and the blogosphere are pushing the idea that the stock market meltdown and the freeze on credit was triggered by finance giants Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's lending money to poor and minority Americans. But federal housing data reveal tha...
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French elite on trial in 'Angolagate' | France 24 view video
1 vote- Submitted by yah...
- about 9 hours ago
- (http://www.france24.com/en/200810...)
- Became popular about 9 hours ago
high-society Parisian bash accused of taking part in a vast arms-trafficking network with the Angolan regime in the 1990s.
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Pfizer Accused of Deception on Neurontin | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com view story
1 vote- Submitted by katharinec
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.newsweek.com/id/162906...)
- Became popular about 10 hours ago
Lawsuit charges drugmaker was deceptive about Neurontin.
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New Vision Online : Churches, bars cited in human trafficking view story
1 vote- Submitted by yah...
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13...)
- Became popular about 11 hours ago
CHURCHES, agencies, brothels and bar owners have been implicated in human trafficking in Uganda.
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IMF delegates get late-night wakeup call | DC Indymedia view photo
1 vote- Submitted by yah...
- about 12 hours ago
- (http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/...)
- Became popular about 12 hours ago
At about 1:30 AM on the morning of Oct 12, delegates to the IMF and World Bank meetings got a noisy, pots and pans wakeup call from protesters!
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Movie Star Zac Efron Attacked in London view story
1 vote- Submitted by McCaffertyHimself
- 1 day ago
- (http://inthespotlite.blogspot.com...)
- Became popular about 13 hours ago
Teen heartthrob and movie star Zac Efron was attacked in London on Wednesday night by what some described as a "deranged fan.” Zac, the star of Disney's High School Musical (HSM) series was exiting the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's We
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For Karl Rove, a Busy New Career and a Rovian Legacy view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11...)
- Became popular about 20 hours ago
Karl Rove has inspired a generation of Republican imitators, Democratic vilifiers and, in this election, a term that has reached full-on political buzzword status: ;Rovian.
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Americans Increasingly Worried About Hunger view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.commondreams.org/headl...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
People with low income in the United States are feeling increasingly insecure about their ability to buy food, according to a new study released by an independent research group.
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Unchecked Arms Trade Fuelling Conflict, Poverty view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.commondreams.org/headl...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
"I saw people being killed by aerial bombings and I saw villages burnt to ashes," he told IPS. "I witnessed one of the incidents when a mother was killed and her young child was trying to breastfeed on the dead mother. At that time, I was wondering about
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Tony Rezko Talks in Jail, But Not about Obama | iNPLACENEWS view story
1 vote- Submitted by NewsJunkie
- 1 day ago
- (http://inplacenews.com/tony-rezko...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
Jailed political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be . .
