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WashingtonPost Business, 03.09.10 09:41 UTC

Regulators fell short in identifying and addressing problems, Bernanke says

Regulators fell short in using their powers "forcefully or effectively" to stop risky practices by banks and were slow to identify and address abuses in the U.S. financial system that led to global ...


Seattle Times, 03.09.10 01:25 UTC

Calderon: Violence price worth paying in drug war

President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that it is the price of confronting powerful and brutal cartels.


Seattle Times, 03.09.10 01:25 UTC

Calif. mosque informant refiles lawsuit vs. FBI

A former FBI informant who infiltrated a Southern California mosque has revised his lawsuit against the U.S. government and a local police department, saying they violated his civil rights and were negligent.


Seattle Times, 02.09.10 23:09 UTC

Populism, then and now: protecting the little guy

William Jennings Bryan's followers knew the source of their insecurity, writes columnist Froma Harrop. Glenn Beck's don't. Bryan's populists blamed unregulated banks and industrial mammoths for oppressing the middle class on down. Beck's populists are blind to this enduring problem.


Seattle Times, 02.09.10 21:31 UTC

Treasury prices slide on unemployment report

Treasury prices dropped for a second straight day after the Labor Department said fewer workers filed for unemployment last week.


USA Today, 02.09.10 20:15 UTC

U.S. government sues Ariz. sheriff in civil rights probe

PHOENIX — An Arizona sheriff has been sued by the U.S. Justice Department for refusing to cooperate with a civil-rights probe into police practices and jail operations.


New York Post, 02.09.10 14:37 UTC

US must apologize for Yemenis' arrest in Amsterdam, says Yemen ambassador

The U.S. must apologize for the wrongful arrest on terror charges of two Yemenis on Dutch soil and investigate how such a "mistake" was made, Yemen's ambassador to The Hague said Thursday. "Our ...


freep.com, 02.09.10 07:35 UTC

Prosecutors seek psychiatric evaluation for Hutaree member

Saying he may not be competent to stand trial, federal prosecutors are requesting that Hutaree militia member Jacob Ward undergo a psychiatric evaluation. In a motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District ...


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