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Madoff Pleads Guilty to Massive Fraud

As expected, posterboy for the excesses of radical capitalism, Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty today to operating a scheme that defrauded his clients out of billions of dollars. In a more unexpected move, the judge ordered that Mr.

Minnesota High School Hockey Tournament

U.S. Stocks Poised to Extend Rally

The children of Gordon Gekko

Article is an edited excerpt from a speech Kevin Rudd gave in late 2008.

Obama's rating at an all-time high

Obama's poll ratings are at an all-time high. Personally that is. There is a gap in the response when asked about Obama's policies.

A New Era of Responsibility - Link to full text

Inheriting a legacy of misplaced priorities

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

Kim Jong Il smoking cigarettes while the people whither

Daewoo leases African plantation

Just the beginning or will U.S. agriculture continue to dominate? The South Korean "chaebol" Daewoo has made an arrangement with Madagascar and Indonesia to grow crops. The Daewoo effort is part of a larger effort by Asian countries to reduce their dependence on U.S. imports.

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