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Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:03 AM PDT

Consumer Agency Passes Key Hurdle
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- A House panel voted Thursday in favor of a new consumer financial protection agency, giving the Obama administration an early boost in its effort to overhaul regulation of the financial-services ...
US House panel shortens consumer watchdog's leashReuters
House committee backs creation of Consumer Financial Protection AgencyLos Angeles Times
Consumer Financial Agency Cleared Amid Industry FightBloomberg
The Associated Press -Boston Globe -The Detroit News
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Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:00 AM PDT

'Family values' of Mexico drug gang
BBC News
The "Familia" cartel is perhaps the most extreme example of the paradoxical enemy which Mexico faces as it tries to defeat organised crime. It is a fight which would be much easier if the cartels were simply maverick gangs on the ...
Drug raids targeting Mexican cartel nab 300-plusThe Associated Press
US Arrests 300 In Raids on Mexican Drug CartelNew York Times
US cracks down on Mexican drug cartels, 300 arrestedAFP
CNN International -Seattle Times -msnbc.com
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Posted: 22 Oct 2009 06:23 AM PDT

Liberals Open Fire on Harry Reid
CBS News
CBS News Capitol Hill Correspondent Nancy Cordes and Capitol Hill Producer Jill Jackson join Sharyl Attkisson to break down everything you need to know about the five health care bills in the House and Senate. ...
WH leaning towards public optionPolitico
The Day After: Fallout From the 'Doc Fix' VoteNew York Times
Where We Stand on Health Care ReformPsychiatric Times
Los Angeles Times -Wall Street Journal -Huffington Post (blog)
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Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:41 AM PDT

Bloomberg Promises a Staff Shake-Up
New York Times
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said on Tuesday that he would shake up his top staff if he wins a third term, noting that many senior managers in his administration had served under him since he was first elected in 2001. ...
NYC mayor's foe has not closed gapWCAX
Thompson Slides in Marist Poll to 16 Points »New York Daily News
NY Mayor Says Job Losses in City Not as Bad as ExpectedWorkforce Management
Gay City News -New York Post -Newsday
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Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:48 AM PDT

Body of Missing Florida Girl Is Found
New York Times
A nationwide, two-day search for a missing 7-year-old Florida girl ended when her body was discovered in a southeast Georgia landfill on Wednesday afternoon, and investigators on Thursday intensified their search for a suspect in the ...
Sheriff: Clothes, birthmark ID Fla. girl's bodyThe Associated Press
Body of Somer Thompson found in landfill; autopsy underwayNECN
Body found in Georgia landfill is missing Florida girlBrandon News and Tribune
News4Jax.com -WJBF-TV -Newsday
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Posted: 22 Oct 2009 09:03 AM PDT

At least 30 anti-BNP protesters break into BBC Television Centre
Times Online
Anti-BNP protesters breached security and broke into BBC Television Centre tonight ahead of Nick Griffin's controversial appearance on Question Time. Around 30 people rushed through the main gates of the BBC's broadcasting headquarters in West London. ...
Protests ahead of BNP appearanceBBC News
Protesters Breach Security Ahead of BBC ShowWall Street Journal
Protests storm BBC over far-right leader's TV slotAFP
FOXNews -Ha'aretz -Telegraph.co.uk
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Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:01 AM PDT

Sri Lanka war victims sue Rajaratnam in U.S. court
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accused billionaire Raja Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, and his family's foundation were sued in a US court on Thursday over allegations they provided $5 million to Tamil Tigers militants in his native Sri Lanka. ...
Victims of Tamil Tiger attacks sue US hedge fund bossAFP
Tamil Tigers Terror Victims Sue Galleon's RajaratnamWall Street Journal
Rajaratnam Financed Tamil Tigers, Victims Say in SuitBloomberg
New York Daily News -RIA Novosti -The Associated Press
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