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20 May 2009 16:49

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Biz, U.S.: The House wants to regulate credit cards, too

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08 Apr 2009 08:36

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World: Moldova has huge protests; Americans still looking for it on the map

Hint: It’s in Eastern Europe, near Romania, and the protest drew a number of pro-democracy protesters. source
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02 Apr 2009 21:12

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U.S.: Notable numbers of the day #2 & #3: The budget and its GOP support

  • $3.6 trillion size of the ultra-massive budget bill (in its House form; a Senate version is forthcoming) source
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02 Mar 2009 10:03

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U.S.: A stacked-deck cross-section of Americans think Obama sucks

  • 4% of CPAC attendees think Obama’s a good president source
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10 Feb 2009 10:34

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U.S.: The Senate votes on the stimulus bill today. How big is it?

  • $827 billion right now, $100 billion less than before source
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05 Feb 2009 07:53

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U.S.: Got analog TV still? You have more time to convert.

  • Congress increased the time until June 12. That move, which President Obama supported, will give four extra months to the 6.5 million people who have yet to convert their analog TVs to digital. (The original date was Feb. 17, a.k.a. a week from Tuesday.) Many House Republicans did not support the passage of the bill, but it got enough votes for a two-thirds majority. source
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