Saturday, October 1, 2011

Bill Clinton wants more credit - James Hohmann - POLITICO.com

Bill Clinton wants more credit - James Hohmann - POLITICO.com: "“I go crazy every time I read the conventional wisdom,” he said Friday night at his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark. “So part of the Republican narrative is that I was ‘saved’ from myself by the election of the Republican Congress [in 1994] that ‘forced me’ to do welfare reform and ‘made the balanced budget possible.’”"

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No Rise in Home Prices Until 2020: Bankers - CNBC

No Rise in Home Prices Until 2020: Bankers - CNBC: "ome prices are unlikely to recover before 2020 and mortgage defaults will persist for years, says a survey of bank risk managers out Friday."

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Iran Supreme Leader: Palestinian UN statehood bid doomed to fail - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Iran Supreme Leader: Palestinian UN statehood bid doomed to fail - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tells Tehran conference Palestinians should not limit themselves to state on pre-1967 borders as 'all land belongs to Palestinians.'

Police Arrest More Than 400 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge - NYTimes.com

Police Arrest More Than 400 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge - NYTimes.com: In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested 400 to 500 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

Exclusive: Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks | Reuters

Exclusive: Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks | Reuters: Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in "super committee" deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year's budget fights, sources told Reuters.