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November 8, 2007
The year was 1979 – the height of the Cold War, and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident had just occurred. The “No Nukes” movement was born.
Back then musicians such as Bonnie Raitt,…
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November 8, 2007
CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer took on New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for the second day in a row on the November 8 “Today.”
“This is all … the barn door, the horse has left,”…
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November 8, 2007
We can breathe a sigh of relief now that we know who’s winning the battle of the sexes in combating global warming.
The November 10 issue of New Scientist magazine reported a study by Gerd…
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November 7, 2007
News story after news story has warned of the dangers to the housing market. The Democratic response is more regulation. CNBC’s Jim Cramer blasted that strategy in his “Stop Trading” November 7 “Street Signs” segment. He…
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November 7, 2007
This just in: energy drinks could pose dangers to “people out there who have preexisting heart problems,” but they’re still trying to figure that out.
“Well, we have another warning about those…
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November 7, 2007
The media have been concerned about the falling value of the dollar and what may be causing it. One example that hits close to home here in Michigan is that the U.S. dollar is now worth less than the Canadian dollar. This is akin to the Detroit…
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November 7, 2007
The national economy continues its strong performance, but “Your $$$$$” co-hosts Ali Velshi and Christine Romans were looking hard for bad news.
In October, 166,000 jobs…
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November 6, 2007
Even though the media have been saying flight delays were so bad this year, it turns out they are better than last year.
CNN’s November 6 “American Morning” anchor Kiran Chetry introduced a report on improved flight delays by giving it to…
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November 6, 2007
“On Strike; Shut it Down; Hollywood’s a Union town.”
That was one of the many chants of the Hollywood writers on strike – and network news was union-friendly November 5 as reporters took the writers’…
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November 2, 2007
The stock markets might be a little skittish, but you can’t blame employment for that.
A Labor Department release November 2 showed a gain of 166,000 jobs in October and an unemployment rate…