Saturday, September 25, 2010

Saturday's Top News: Evicting Haiti's Homeless: How Land Tenure Hampers Recovery

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Evicting Haiti's Homeless: How Land Tenure Hampers Recovery

By Tim Padgett & Jessica Desvarieux / Port-au-Prince

Venality and inefficiency combine to create massive obstacles to building shelter for hundreds of thousands of displaced people

The GOP Tries to Win Back a Seat in Mississippi

By Alex Altman

For the Republican Party to match the stratospheric expectations set forth for it in November's midterm elections, it needs to recapture seats like Mississippi's First Congressional District.

Is the End Near for Basque Separatist Group ETA?

By Andrés Cala / Madrid

After 50 years of fighting, Basque separatist group ETA is smaller, weaker and rattled by infighting. As it puts out a call to the Spanish government for peace negotiations, experts say the group won't survive much longer

A Second Kid? Unfortunately, It Takes Two

By Joel Stein

I desperately want another child. Too bad my wife's the one with the uterus

The World's Poor Need Jobs Too

By MICHAEL SCHUMAN

I'd like to congratulate the United Nations for finally catching on to what the real world has known about alleviating poverty for decades: Poor people need good jobs.

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I interviewed Lisa Murkowski yesterday about her write in bid to keep her Senate seat. Honestly, before the interview I thought she had little chance of winning. But she's pretty persuasive. I still think it's a huge long shot but I wouldn't totally write her off. Today, I went to watch Joe Miller campaign with [...]

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The GOP Tries to Win Back a Seat in Mississippi

For the Republican Party to match the stratospheric expectations set forth for it in November's midterm elections, it needs to recapture seats like Mississippi's First Congressional District.

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"There's no good emoticon for testifying before Congress. This'll have to do: 8^($) The $ represents the value of the truth I'll be spewing."
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on Twitter, about testifying before a House subcommittee on immigration
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Striving to Save Jobs in San Francisco

By Alex Altman

A stimulus program that has put thousands back to work is on the verge of expiring. It won't go without a fight

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