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Consumers forced to take loans to consolidate debt.

By Sharon Jacobsen April 13th, 2005 According to Sainsbury’s Bank, debt consolidation is predicted to be the top reason for borrowers to up personal loans this year. Forecasts indicate that

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Bush Policy on China

April 11, 2005 Ivan Eland The Bush administration is often guilty of running a reckless, overly militaristic foreign policy but deserves qualified praise for its recent dealings with China. The

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EPA replaces standard control on selenium

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is attempting to weaken the Clean Water Act’s pollution controls on selenium, a metal that in high doses has caused deformities and death in fish

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Charles and Camilla Tie more than one Knot

CHARLIE GETS HIS DARLING by Helen Claxton Saturday saw Prince Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth II and first in line to the British throne, marry Camilla Parker Bowles, now the

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Manitoba’s Vanishing Woodland Caribou

In Canada’s Manitoba province, clearcut logging, roadbuilding and industrial hydropower development have devastated the old-growth boreal forest habitat of the woodland caribou, cutting the provincial population of this majestic species

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Halliburton’s “No-Bid” Bonanza

Nice Money if you can get it! Parts of an audit done by Pentagon’s Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and released by Democratic California Rep. Henry Waxman, yesterday revealed that

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Augusta National Woman’s Lament

WHAT A LOAD OF BALLS! Sharon Jacobsen When it comes to the US Masters, one thing’s certain – whoever dons the Green Jacket this year won’t be a woman! What

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Bureaucratic Buffet to Fix U.S. Intelligence

Another Commission Recommends Bureaucratic Buffet to Fix U.S. Intelligence April 4, 2005 Ivan Eland President Bush insists that he is already implementing recommendations from the officious smorgasbord of the presidential

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AUGUSTA : Treading Hallowed Turf

AUGUSTA NATIONAL turns into one of the world’s great sporting shrines every April. We all know about the quality of the golf, but the experience for the visitor is out

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Report: Iraq intelligence ‘dead wrong’

Bush says fundamental changes needed in spy agencies Thursday, March 31, 2005 Posted: 12:43 PM EST (1743 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. intelligence community was “simply wrong” in its

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