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Congressman Suspected of Insider Trading
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) is investigating Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, over possible violations of insider-trading laws, sources told the Washington Post. OCE investigators have told Bachus they have probable cause to believe violations have occurred. This is the first time in the history of Congress a member has been investigated for insider trading.
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Strip Club Skirts Nude Law
The Bazooka's strip club in Kansas City has gotten around an ordinance prohibiting total nudity by having a partially clothed dancer perform in front of a video on a large screen in which she's fully nude. "It drives me to excel," said dancer Megan DiMoniet. "I just want to put on bigger, better and stronger than ever."
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Tribe Sues Brewers for Selling It Beer
An American Indian tribe sued several large beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Oglala Sioux Tribe demands $500 million in damages for the cost of health care, social services and child rehabilitation caused by chronic alcoholism on the reservation. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court of Nebraska also targets four beer stores in Whiteclay, Nebr.,ska town of a dozen residents that sold nearly 5 million cans of beer in 2010.
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Madonna Stalker Escapes Mental Hospital
A man who served 10 years in prison for stalking Madonna and was shot by her security guards at her home in 1996 has escaped a Los Angeles mental facility. Robert Dewey Hoskins, 54, "is a very psychotic man when not taking his medication and has very violent tendencies," police said. According to trial testimony, Hoskins told Madonna's bodyguard that if "he couldn't have me, he was going to slice my throat from ear to ear."
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Analyst: Strip Greenspan's Knighthood
After the queen stripped a bank executive of his British knighthood for his role in the 2008 financial collapse, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan should lose his as well, argues Albert Edwards of Societe Generale. "Long before the credit bubble burst, we had identified the former and current head of the US Federal Reserve as primarily responsible for the inevitable debacle," said Edwards. "If knighthoods are being removed for those held primarily responsible for the debacle, shouldnÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ't Sir Alan Greenspan and Sir Mervyn King, like the ex-CEO of RBS Fred Goodwin, be stripped of their honors too?"
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Romney Needs Three-Man Race
Rick Santorum's three wins last weekend had a silver lining for Mitt Romney's campaign, ensuring that Santorum wouldn't drop out so he and Newt Gingrich can end up taking votes from each other. "They are playing Santorum and Gingrich off each other," one outside adviser said of the Romney officials. "They're basically like whack-a-mole. This week, they're whacking Santorum; last week, it was Gingrich. The goal is to keep the anti-Romney vote 100 percent split."
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Will: GOP Losing Security Advantage
George Will: Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats' nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of superiority regarding national security. This year, however, events and their rhetoric are dissipating their advantage. ... Few things so embitter a nation as squandered valor; hence Americans, with much valor spent there, want Iraq to master its fissures. But with America in the second decade of its longest war, the probable Republican nominee is promising to extend it indefinitely.
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Cardinal Unapologizes for Child Sex Abuse
In an interview with Connecticut Magazine, Cardinal Edward Egan withdrew his 2002 apology for the Catholic Church's handling of the child molestation accusations against priests, which was once read in all New York parishes. Egan, the former archbishop of New York and former bishop of Bridgeport, said of the letter, "I never should have said that," and added, "I don't think we did anything wrong." Michael Brendan Dougherty writes, "Bishop Egan ran a diocese that was notoriously dangerous for children. Contrary to his claim, during his twelve-year enthronement at Bridgeport, Egan repeatedly failed to investigate priests where there were obvious signs of abuse."
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Obama Pulls Out on Birth Control
President Barack Obama announced a compromise Friday over contraception insurance coverage for female employees at religiously affiliated institutions. Under the new plan, religiously affiliated universities and hospitals won't be forced to offer contraception coverage to their employees, but insurers must cover it when they don't. "No woman's health should depend on who she is or where she works or how much money she makes." Obama said.
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How to Date a Wall Street Man
Tip Number 4: "Tell stories that are short and sweet because the mind of a Wall Street man is always moving so rapidly and focusing on so many different things that his attention span for social stories is very short; don't be insulted by this, just tell your stories in a way that he can listen." Tip Number 5: "Be sexy."
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Dad Shoots Bratty Daughter's Laptop
Angered by a profanity-laced post his 15-year-old daughter had put on her Facebook wall and hidden from her parents, a North Carolina man posted a video on YouTube shooting the laptop multiple times with his .45 and hollow-point rounds. "Whenever you're not grounded, whatever year that happens to be, you can have a new laptop when you buy a new laptop and when you pay me back the $130 for the software I spent on yours yesterday," said Tommy Jordan. "I hope you've enjoyed your little fiasco on Facebook."
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Tax Buys Free Cell Phones for Poor
A federal program paid out $1.6 billion in 2011 to cover free basic cell phones and $10 monthly bills of 12.5 million low-income Americans. The Lifeline program, overseen by the FCC, has doubled in size since 2008 because more people who qualify have signed up. The costs are paid by the Universal Service Fund, a fee imposed on telecommunications carriers in 1996 that they pass on to customers.
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Marines Use 'SS' Symbol
A Marine sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a September 2010 photo in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS, an incident the Marines have confirmed. "This is a complete and total outrage," said Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which found the photo online and reported it to Marine Times. The SS was intended to stand for "scout snipers," not Nazi ideology, said Mark Oliva, a spokesman at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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Buffett: Avoid Investing in Gold
Warren Buffett's upcoming letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders will advise them against buying gold, according to an advance excerpt shared with Fortune magazine. "What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow. During the past decade that belief has proved correct. Beyond that, the rising price has on its own generated additional buying enthusiasm, attracting purchasers who see the rise as validating an investment thesis. As "bandwagon" investors join any party, they create their own truth -- for a while.
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