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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to stick to its super loose monetary policy stance on Wednesday as high unemployment constrains policy-makers' enthusiasm about the economy's recent improvement. Full Article at Reuters
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WASHINGTON Faced with a shortage of time and an abundance of disagreement, Congressional Democrats are pushing fights over an increase in the federal debt limit and several other tough issues into 2010. Full Article at The New York Times
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President Obama and the Senate leadership can't whip up the votes necessary to pass a public option or even a Medicare buy-in compromise, but they didn't have any trouble persuad... Full Article at Huffington Post
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The first novel and masterpiece from the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, “Things Fall Apart,” is such an economical and lucid depiction of a tribal society cracking under the weig... Full Article at The New York Times
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By Jason Zweig To thrive as a value investor, Christopher H. Browne once said, you have to "risk being called a dummy from time to time."Mr. Browne, who died Sunday of a heart attack at the age of 62, was one of the most successful practitioners of... Full Article at Wall Street Journal
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(AP) The 51-48 roll call Tuesday by which the Senate rejected a plan that would allow Americans to import low-cost prescriptions from abroad. Sixty votes were needed to pass the measure. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the measure. Full Article at CBS News
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President Obama spent most of his time trying to inspire Senate Democrats at today's White House meeting. Full Article at CBS News
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The Obama administration is considering ordering a debt commission after Sens. Gregg and Conrad proposed a similar move last week. Full Article at CNN
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When I was a little kid, I was pretty good. I didn't cause much trouble. But every now and then my sister and I would act up at the dinner table. Full Article at Newsweek
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OK, so Howard Dean doesn't have an actual vote, but his contention that Democrats should kill the public option-less Senate bill and instead push pieces of health care reform through via reconciliation is still significant. Full Article at Time Magazine
