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Congress is losing its patience with the Fed

Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:01:23 GMT

Cities find the fine print is costing millions

Local governments and public entities, already reeling from the recession, face another fiscal crisis: billions of dollars in fees owed to Wall Street firms on investment deals gone bad.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:18:55 GMT

Lawyer: Sept. 11 defendants want to air views

This combination of undated photos shows, from left: Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Waleed bin Attash, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ramzi Binalshibh. The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:09:33 GMT

Sizing up the next generation of Kennedys

Then-Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is embraced by her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a campaign rally at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., in 2002.

The decision by family members not to seek the seat held by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy for nearly five decades has prompted predictions that the family's political dynasty is over.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:56:27 GMT

Report: U.K. documents detail Iraq war chaos

Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war, a newspaper reports.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:00:42 GMT