Monday, December 14, 2009

Monday's Top News: Obama vs. the Banks: The Pressure Intensifies

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Obama vs. the Banks: The Pressure Intensifies

By MASSIMO CALABRESI

President Obama is planning to give financial executives a tongue lashing on Monday over big bonuses and tight-fisted lending. But can political rhetoric get bankers to make loans they don't want to make?

Forget Zhu Zhu Hamsters, Classic Toys Have Power

By NANCY GIBBS

Forget the Zhu Zhu hamster. In tough times, classic toys still hold their own

Amid Copenhagen's Climate Din, A Pronounced Corporate Silence

By BRYAN WALSH / COPENHAGEN

Diplomats in Copenhagen could use a helpful shove in the right direction — and some of that force could come from a corporate sector that was once dead set against climate action

A Mounting Suicide Rate Prompts an Army Response

By MARK THOMPSON / WASHINGTON

The mental strain of expanded deployments is prompting the military to institute new programs aimed at helping soldiers most at risk

Why George McGovern Is Wrong About Afghanistan

By JOE KLEIN

George McGovern was a world war II hero, a principled politician and absolutely right about the foolishness of the war in Vietnam

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By Michael Scherer

As recently as October, the conservative view of Barack Obama's foreign policy had little nuance: The president was seen as weak, apologetic, and deferential, someone who was voluntarily abandoning America's preeminent role as a world power. Charles Krauthammer stated the case in an address, called Decline Is A Choice, at the Manhattan Institute on Oct. [...]

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conservative billionaire and Chilean presidential candidate, after winning the first round of Chile's presidential election to become the front-runner for the Jan. 17 run-off
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America's Most Wanted Teen-Aged Bandit

By Tim McGirk / Camano Island

A teenage bandit accused of stealing planes and speedboats has become a legend in the Pacific Northwest. The chase is on for the artful dodger

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