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December 2008

December 24, 2008 - Commercial Real Estate Industry Asks Treasury for Govt. Bailout  Click here ; Signs of the Times: Store says "Shop, Damn It, Shop"  Click here ; New jobless claims jump; consumer spending down  Click here; MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Wins“Quote of the Year”   Click here ; Springsteen explains quick turnaround of new album  Click here ; Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat  Click here  

December 23, 2008 - White House: It's Legal to Use TARP Funds for Auto Bailout Because Congress Intended It  Click here ; More Companies Lining Up for Piece of Bailout Fund  Click here ; States set to impose bevy of new taxes  Click here ; Economy stirring illegal immigration tempest?  Click here ; ACORN, Soros tied to Franken vote grab   Click here ; Reserve Christmas Service Pews for Paying Congregants, Politicians Say  Click here

December 22, 2008 - Gasoline averages $1.66 a gallon, 5-year low  Click here ; Obama's Labor pick has communist ties  Click here ; 7 students suspended for refusing anti-Christian class  Click here ; $27-Million UAW-Owned Country Club Includes Golf Course, Condos, Swimming Pools  Click here ; Obama’s Choice of Pastor Warren a ‘Mistake,’ Barney Frank Says   Click here ; It's a Wonderful Life? Sorry, George, It’s a Pitiful, Dreadful Life  Click here  

December 19, 2008 - Bush Approves $17.4 Billion Auto Bailout  Click here ; Ford says does it not need short-term loans from bailout   Click here ; $1 Billion More a Year for Gender Equality, Clean Energy and NASA, Says House Chairman  Click here ; Illegal fatally beats woman who gives him home  Click here ; 9-year-old called drug dealer over cough drops  Click here ; CNN Meteorologist: Manmade Global Warming Theory 'Arrogant'  Click here  

December 18, 2008 - Value of 2008 Bailouts Exceeds Combined Costs of All Major U.S. Wars  Click here ; Free-Marketeers Say Administration Stumbled When Financial Crisis Hit  Click here ; Bush considering "orderly" auto bankruptcy    Click here ; Chrysler says to shut down all production for month  Click here

December 17, 2008 - Obama’s Choice for Education Secretary Approved Homosexual High School for Chicago  Click here ; Blago Set to Break His Silence  Click here ; Blagojevich was bookie, says federal informant   Click here ; Of 36 States Facing Deficits This Year, 22 Are Increasing Spending  Click here ; Bush says sacrificed free-market principles to save economy   Click here ; House Arrest for Madoff in $7 Million Apartment  Click here  

December 16, 2008 - President Bush thinking of border agent pardons?  Click here ; Majority of Public Opposes Auto Rescue  Click here ; Illinois House okays impeachment inquiry    Click here ; Teacher’s Union Chief Pushes Preschool for Three-Year-Olds  Click here ; Caroline Kennedy to seek Hillary Clinton's Senate seat  Click here ; Shoe-Flinging Takes Off As A Form of Protest   Click here

December 15, 2008 - Groups line up for share of huge stimulus package  Click here ; Obama stimulus could reach $1 trillion: report   Click here ; Thousands demand release of Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at George W Bush   Click here ; Oil Up Sharply to $49 as OPEC Readies Output Cut  Click here ; Suit accuses R.I. school of anticonservative bias  Click here ; Coca-Cola: Bubbles 'Not a Very Large Part of Our Overall Carbon Footprint'   Click here

December 12, 2008 - After Auto Bailout Collapses in Congress, Eyes Turn to the Bush White House  Click here ; UAW Must Make Concessions in Exchange for Auto Bailout, Republican Says  Click here ; FOX News Poll: 'Car Loan' Payments Irk Americans   Click here ; Rep. Jackson not yet in clear with feds in probe of gov  Click here ; Gore's green gala to herald 'new energy'  Click here ; Study: Illegal immigrants' care costs state $677 million   Click here

December 11, 2008 - Senate Finance Chairman: Congress Must Spend Money to ‘Show it Cares’  Click here ; Auto Bailout Bill Lists Environmental Goals above Boosting U.S. Auto Sales  Click here ; Murky future for auto rescue amid GOP opposition   Click here ; Illinois leaders ponder what to do with governor   Click here ; 'Day Without a Gay' participation spotty  Click here ; Global Warming: Surprise flurries warm Houston hearts   Click here

December 10, 2008 - Ill. Governor Scandal Could Dog Obama  Click here ; Obama wants Illinois governor to quit   Click here ; Sources Say Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Is 'Senate Candidate No. 5'   Click here ; "Conceptual agreement" reached on auto aid  Click here ; Auto Bailout ‘Out of Line’ With My Free Market Principles, GOP Whip Says  Click here ; Former Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac CEO’s: ‘It was the Market’s Fault’   Click here

December 9, 2008 - Obama’s ‘New Deal’ Not Likely to Cure Economy or Unemployment Rate, Free Market Economists Say  Click here ; Congress sends White House auto aid plan with czar  Click here ; Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, chief of staff, arrested   Click here ; Calling in 'gay' to work is latest form of protest  Click here ; GM admits it betrayed customers   Click here ; Leno to launch new NBC show at 10 p.m. ET  Click here  

December 8, 2008 - Obama: Don't stock up on guns  Click here ; Republican Governors Refuse to Rule Out Seeking Federal Bailouts for States  Click here ; Funding crunch has colleges scrambling   Click here ; Court won't review Obama's eligibility to serve  Click here ; Liberals voice concerns about Obama  Click here ; SUVs at altar, Detroit church prays for a bailout  Click here  

December 5, 2008 - Federal Reserve Chairman Floats New Idea for Massive Government Buyout of Bad Mortgages  Click here ; Some Bailout Holdings Have Suffered Big Losses  Click here ; 2008 will be coolest year of the decade   Click here ; Oil hits 4-year low   Click here ; Gulf Oil CEO says gas could hit $1 per gallon   Click here ; UNC libraries to forgo Christmas trees  Click here  

December 4, 2008 - Cyber Monday jumps 15 percent   Click here ; Byrd’s Office Explores Constitutionality of Sen. Clinton Serving as Secretary of State  Click here ; As Hearings Resume, UAW Offers Concessions   Click here ; Treasury Weighs Action on Mortgage Rates  Click here ; Stop Using the Word ‘Islam’ in Reports on Terrorism, Islamic Bloc Says  Click here ; Ala. county passes Obama holiday  Click here  

December 3, 2008 - Auto Giants Ratchet Up Pleas for Aid  Click here ; Victim's kin file suit in Wal-Mart stampede death   Click here ; Lawsuit: Clinton can't serve as Sec. of State   Click here ; Republican Wins U.S. Senate Race in Georgia  Click here ; SJC rules religious rights top company's  Click here ; Reid Grateful He Won’t ‘Smell’ Tourists at Capitol, Thanks to $621-Million Visitors Center  Click here  

December 2, 2008 - Left angered by Obama pullout plan  Click here ; Communist Party chief: U.S. on road to socialism  Click here ; U.S. Combat Casualties Back to All-Time Low in November, Analysis Shows   Click here ; Bill Clinton mentioned for Hillary's senate seat   Click here ; Homosexuality editorial puts 1st Amendment on trial  Click here ; Texas judge dismisses Cheney, Gonzales charges  Click here  

December 1, 2008 - Clinton vows to make US force for positive change   Click here ; Homeland Security Nominee No Border Hawk, Critics Warn   Click here ; Militants have power to start regional war: Zardari   Click here ; Lawyers call for international court for the environment  Click here ; UN climate talks to create 13,000 tonnes of carbon   Click here ; Scientists Discuss Replicating Volcano’s Effect to Cool Climate  Click here

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