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GOP blocks consumer head in attempt to kill new board
December 8, 2011"Let's be clear - this isn't about the overwhelmingly qualified Richard Cordray, this is about the Republicans doing the banks bidding by standing with them against the 99 percent."
Read moreThe jobless bring their plight to Congress
December 8, 2011The nation's jobless, aided by the Communications Workers, the Service Employees and other unions, brought their plight directly to Congress this week.
Read moreGOP dirty trickster guilty of “fraud” in racist robocall
December 7, 2011Former Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich's campaign manager, Paul Schurick, was convicted of "fraud" Dec. 6 for his role in a racist robocall seeking to suppress the Black vote.
Read moreBay area activists protest home foreclosures
December 7, 2011It's a story heard in neighborhood after neighborhood here, as around the nation.
Read moreMine owner to pay $210M for deadly explosion
December 7, 2011The owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 died in an explosion agreed to pay $210 million, the biggest ever payout for a disaster the government blamed on "the ruthless pursuit of profits ahead...
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