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CALIFORNIA:: Our Very Own Greece – American Spectator
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 1:11 pm
By ROSS KAMINSKY on 5.17.12 @ 6:09AM The major difference is that California has an even bigger budget deficit than its Balkan cousin. Stock, commodity, and currency markets have been on a roller-coaster ride in recent days as Greece's election results leave that nation without a functioning government, and without a clear path toward staying in the euro ... Go To Article
RICK PERRY casts ballot for ex-rival Mitt Romney – USA Today
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 12:19 pm
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY We missed this earlier, but it's worth noting: Rick Perry voted yesterday for Mitt Romney in the Texas GOP primary and predicted Romney would defeat President Obama in November. Plus, the Texas governor sounded enthusiastic about choosing his once bitter rival. "On a scale of 10, show me as a 10," Perry is quoted as saying in ... Go To Article
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VOTER ROLLS:: Florida.: 53K dead people on voter rolls – POLITICO
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 12:03 pm
By MJ LEE | 5/17/12 12:22 PM EDT Updated: 5/17/12 12:29 PM EDT As many as 53,000 dead people and 182,000 non-U.S. citizens may be registered to vote in Florida, and state officials are reportedly pushing local election supervisors to remove the ineligible voters as the critical 2012 elections near. State officials recently sent supervisors a list of more than 2,600 ... Go To Article
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DONNA SUMMER:: Disco queen Donna Summer dies at 63 – CNN
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 11:51 am
By Alan Duke, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) -- Donna Summer, the "Queen of Disco" whose hits included "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," "Love to Love You Baby" and "She Works Hard for the Money," has died, a representative said Thursday. She was 63. Her publicist, Brian Edwards, said Summer was suffering from cancer. "Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of ... Go To Article
ROMNEY nearly matches Obama in April fundraising – CSMonitor
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 11:47 am
Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee raised more than $40.1 million in April, the Romney campaign announced Thursday. That figure nearly matches the $43.6 million President Obama and the Democratic campaign committees brought in last month. In addition, the Romney-RNC figure represents just a half-month of joint fundraising, following the former ... Go To Article
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MINORITY BIRTHS:: Another first for diversifying U.S. population – USATODAY
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 11:44 am
By Dennis Cauchon and Paul Overberg, USA TODAY Updated 3h ago More than half of all babies born last year were members of minority groups, the first time in U.S. history. It's a sign of how swiftly the USA is becoming a nation of younger minorities and older whites. Hispanics, blacks, Asians and other minorities in 2011 accounted for 50.4% of births, 49.7% of all ... Go To Article
ROMNEY:: J.P. Morgan’s $2 Billion Loss Is Someone Else’s Gain – WashWire – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 12:10 am
By Sara Murray CORAL GABLES, Fla.–Mitt Romney cautioned that J.P. Morgan’s $2 billion loss shouldn’t inspire a rush for new legislation or regulation in an interview with a conservative blogger Wednesday. Mr. Romney said the company and regulators should investigate the loss to understand what happened. But he pointed out the loss was borne by the shareholders ... Go To Article
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EURO DEBT CRISIS:: There’s No Gentle Way for Greece to Exit the Euro – Businessweek
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 12:05 am
By Cristina Lindblad Those who favor Greece’s exit from the euro like to argue that the transition from Europe’s single currency back to the drachma, or some newfangled scrip, need not devolve into chaos. In a 53-page paper titled “A Primer on the Euro Breakup: Default, Exit and Devaluation as the Optimal Solution,” Jonathan Tepper says that “during the past ... Go To Article
DENNIS KUCINICH opts out of Washington state race, will retire – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 12:04 am
By Rachel Rose Hartman Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced Wednesday he has decided against running for Congress in Washington state, where activists had urged him to launch a campaign. In a statement, Kucinich signaled the end of his 16-year congressional career: Because of my love of public service, I have given a great deal of time and much thought to the advice ... Go To Article
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ELECTION 2012:: Romney’s Mormon faith could help him in November – CBS News
By MB Snow at May 17, 2012 | 12:02 am
By Lucy Madison Mitt Romney. (Credit: CBS) (CBS News) The conventional wisdom is that Mitt Romney's Mormon faith has complicated his efforts to win the Republican presidential nomination and, eventually, the presidency. But according to a new study by the nonpartisan Brookings Institution, Romney's religion may actually be more of an asset than a liability. The ... Go To Article
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