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US gets 60 per cent stake in carmaker
June 3, 2009Original source: General Motors have filed for bankruptcy, giving the US government a majority ownership stake in the century-old corporation. It is the largest industrial bankruptcy in US history and the third-largest overall, after Lehman Brothers...
Read moreProgressives to spend $82 million to ensure universal health care
June 2, 2009This is the second of a series of on-the-spot reports from the America’s Future Now conference. Check back for more. WASHINGTON — Progressive groups will spend more than $82 million to support President Obama’s goal of...
Read moreIn hard-times Flint, free clinic sets example for universal health care
June 2, 2009FLINT, Mich. — “It’s a sad story,” said Dr. Rima Kudish, as she talked about the devastating effect the economic crisis is having on residents of this city and the surrounding county. Kudish is executive director...
Read moreNBC’s risky Conan O’Brien-Leno move
June 2, 2009When you come home every night during the week after a long day at work, after you prepare and eat dinner then eventually put the children to bed, what do you watch on television before and...
Read moreFranken asks Minnesota Supreme Court for certification as senator
June 2, 2009Former Republican Sen. Norm Coleman appealed today to the Minnesota Supreme Court, asking it to throw out a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel that his rival, Democrat Al Franken, defeated him by 312 votes last...
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