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'Furniture War' Heats Up Senate Race

8/21/2008 11:31:20 PM

Source: FOX 12 Portland (KPTV)

Hulshof joins GOP energy protest

8/21/2008 10:16:11 PM

Source: NBC 41 Kansas City (KSHB)

Billionaires say US debts need attention

8/21/2008 8:28:38 PM

Source: Miami Herald

Obama sounds populist themes in Virginia bus tour

8/21/2008 4:23:17 PM

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

Economy stuck in low gear

8/21/2008 4:20:04 PM

Source: San Jose Mercury News

FEC frees McCain from spending limit for primaries

8/21/2008 4:16:43 PM

Source: Boston Globe

Insurance gap leads some elderly to forgo medicine

8/21/2008 11:49:09 AM

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

5 men found dead in Shelby County, Ala., apartment

8/21/2008 3:14:59 AM

Source: Houston Chronicle

Sharing the Donations

8/20/2008 10:10:53 PM

Source: New York Times

Deal Or No Deal

8/20/2008 8:28:51 AM

Source: Trader Monthly

Blogs

Governor of New York: Aliens Influencing Economic Policy

8/21/2008 10:51:29 PM

Source: Angry Bear

Tracking Fed Sentiment With Short-Term Treasury Yields

8/21/2008 9:33:09 PM

Source: TraderFeed

Feds flub science and engineering funding 2 years running

8/21/2008 8:56:49 PM

Source: Layer 8

Skelos repeats: Gov. could drive tax-cap harder

8/21/2008 8:06:01 PM

Source: Inside L.I. Politics - Spin Cycle

What's Behind The Soaring Savings Rate?

8/21/2008 7:57:47 PM

Source: Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

Latest Articles

I've heard that story before

Politics and other mistakes
Each year, Governor John Baldacci announces his top priority in the next legislative session will be reducing the state income tax. (“Lack of political clout? What lack of political clout?”)
By AL DIAMON  |  August 20, 2008
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A sobering question

Can Obama make Democrats face up to economic reality?
With every passing week the nation’s already-screwed-up economy becomes even more distressed.
By EDITORIAL  |  July 30, 2008
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A sobering question

Can Obama make Democrats face up to economic reality?
With every passing week the nation’s already-screwed-up economy becomes even more distressed.
By EDITORIAL  |  July 30, 2008

Windshift

Politics and other mistakes
Harley Lee and I are not friends. The only time we’ve met was a couple of years ago in a Carrabassett Valley bar, where I told him the world would be a better place if somebody poisoned his drink.
By AL DIAMON  |  July 23, 2008
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AS220 targets further downtown expansion

Citywatch
On the heels of expansion in the Dreyfus Building, AS220 hopes to acquire another property on Washington Street in downtown Providence, expanding the nonprofit arts organi-zations programs and footprint.
By A.J. PACITTI  |  July 02, 2008

Mixed reviews: A state budget for desperate times

Talking Politics
The budget consensus reached by Governor Carcieri and legislative leaders last week represents just another marker of Rhode Island’s ongoing dire straits.
By IAN DONNIS  |  June 25, 2008
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O's got a TV eye on you

The era of TV advertising in presidential general elections is over
With his decision to forgo public funding, Barack Obama can raise as much as he wants, giving him a huge financial advantage in the fall campaign.
By STEVEN STARK  |  June 25, 2008
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The great American (office) novel

Thirteen fictional perspectives on your 9-5
They are coming regularly now, like buses, like bulletins — the great office novels of the 21st century.
By JAMES PARKER  |  June 06, 2008

Bad words and warnings

Politics and other mistakes
And now, a few positive words about negative advertising.
By AL DIAMON  |  May 28, 2008
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Can’t anybody here play this game?

Rhode Island remains trapped between economic distress and missed opportunities
The need to reinvent Rhode Island’s economic infrastructure — which remains anemic compared with most of its neighbors in New England — is more urgent than ever.
By IAN DONNIS  |  May 21, 2008

Healthy living

Politics and other mistakes
I love beer. I hate taxes.
By AL DIAMON  |  May 14, 2008
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The failure of ‘tough-on-crime’ tactics

Left untreated, drug addicts pose greater costs for everyone else 
It was after midnight, and Dawn Jacques lay sleepless in her cell at the Adult Correctional Institutions, shuddering. Bathed in sweat, she stared at the ceiling for hours until it blurred.
By TE-PING CHEN  |  May 08, 2008
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Taking from the poor

Democratic lawmakers show their Republican values
What values do Maine’s Democrats hold?
By LANCE TAPLEY  |  May 07, 2008
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Gastronomic stimulus package

Splurge a little at the Cheese Iron
This, coupled with the thaw and other natural stimulus packages, write a recipe for the spoils of spring: maturing cheeses, bright wines, green garlic ramps, and outdoor eating.
By TODD RICHARD  |  April 30, 2008
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Defensive budget

Running up a tab in Iraq
President Bush, disregarding independent studies from other leading analysts, has rejected our estimate for the total eventual cost of the Iraq War as “exaggerated.”
By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ AND LINDA J. BILMES  |  April 02, 2008
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Is Homeland Security dough well spent?

Follow the money
“Because it is human nature to overspend on unlikely catastrophic events, it is likely that terrorists have succeeded in getting the world to overspend on counterterrorism,” they write.
By PETER VOSKAMP  |  April 02, 2008
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Fishing for filmmakers

Maine struggles to attract the movie industry
When you can make Shreveport look like Bridgton for less money, what’s the bottom-line allure of filming in Maine?
By DEIRDRE FULTON  |  April 02, 2008

A watchdog of the labyrinth

Politics and other mistakes
It costs Maine legislators almost a million bucks a year to hire somebody to embarrass them.
By AL DIAMON  |  April 02, 2008
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Kink appeal

Ray Davies hits the road
We’d go through a lot of ups and downs, and I’d think sometimes we could have achieved less and been just as happy.
By JIM SULLIVAN  |  April 01, 2008
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Banq Restaurant + Bar

Put your money where your mouth is
It’s hard to say we’re in a recession since bank buildings are being made into expensive restaurants.
By ROBERT NADEAU  |  March 26, 2008
Audio

Minnesota tax group urges 'no' vote on outdoors sales tax

8/21/2008 6:36:54 PM

Source: Minnesota Public Radio

Diabetes study in black churches

8/21/2008 4:26:13 PM

Source: Georgia Public Broadcasting News

Governor Schwarzenegger Proposes Tax Increase

8/21/2008 4:00:58 PM

Source: KPBS News Headlines

Governor Proposes Increasing Taxes to Reach Budget Compromise

8/21/2008 3:59:18 PM

Source: KPBS News Headlines

Fay Swamps Florida; Governor Seeks Federal Aid

8/21/2008 8:49:55 AM

Source: NPR US News

Video

RTD's FasTracks Plan Is Financially Offtrack

8/21/2008 9:04:11 PM

Source: CBS4 Denver Video

Suit: School Funding Unconstitutional

8/20/2008 8:28:49 PM

Source: NBC 5 Local Video

NBC5 News Today -- August 20, 2008

8/20/2008 3:48:15 PM

Source: NBC 5 Local Video

Paterson Speaks About Budget Deal

8/20/2008 3:40:39 PM

Source: NBC4 NY Video - Top News

Guard your money from inflation

8/20/2008 10:02:16 AM

Source: CNNMoney.com Video

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