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Uncle Sam doesn't mind taxpayers paying extra

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John Dimsdale
Monday, April 16, 2012
Tomorrow is Tax Day. Some people write checks for more than they owe to help pay down the nation's public debt.
Posted In: Taxes, deficits

MID-DAY UPDATE: Egypt offers supplies to fellow protesters, White House works to settle mortgage breakdowns

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Katharine Crnko
Thursday, February 24, 2011
As protests and violence continues to escalate in Libya, Egyptian citizens are offering more than just moral support. As Mitchell Hartman reports...
Posted In: aid, budget, budget cuts, deficit-cutting, deficits, Egypt, Facebook, healthcare, Libya, mid-day update, mortgage, robo-signing, social media, state budgets, Wall Street Journal, white house

MID-DAY UPDATE: Dodd-Frank, budget cuts, Middle East and Lap-Band

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Katharine Crnko
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Senate banking committee today is questioning regulators of the Dodd-Frank law to gauge how much they've improved the financial system. The law...
Posted In: afghanistan, Bahrain, budget, deficit-cutting, deficits, Dodd-Frank law, FDA, Kabul Bank, Lap-band, mid-day update, middle east, protests, regulation, Senate, weight loss

Can you solve the federal deficit?

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Katharine Crnko
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Want to solve the U.S. debt crisis? You may have more success in cutting the federal deficit than the politicians in Washington. Today on Marketp...
Posted In: budget, budget hero, deficit-cutting, deficits, game

MID-DAY UPDATE: Obama's budget cuts, protests in Bahrain, and billable hours

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Katharine Crnko
Monday, February 14, 2011
President Obama has released his budget proposal for the 2012 federal spending plan. A growing national deficit has prompted the White House to...
Posted In: Bahrain, budget, budget cuts, deficit-cutting, deficits, Egypt, lawyers, medicaid, Medicare, mid-day update, obama budget, protests, Social Security

MID-DAY REPORT: Blockbuster's bust ...

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Bill Radke
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Blockbuster Video filed for Chapter 11 today. But a sequel is on the way....
Posted In: Blockbuster, Budweiser, deficits, mid-day update, Pledge to America, tax cuts, wind farm

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