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His automaker bailout plan wades into 'industrial policy,' in which government officials, not business executives or the free market, decide what products a firm makes and how it charts its future. President Obama's plan to save failing U.S. automakers -- and make them the instruments for creating a cleaner, greener transportation system -- marked a major step across the line that traditionally separates government from private industry. His announcement Monday of a new position on bailing out Detroit went beyond a desire to be sure tax dollars were not wasted in bailing out struggling companies. It put the Obama administration...

nbc4.tv $50 Football Pool Leads To Illegal Gambling Charges A volunteer waitress and a widowed great-grandmother who tends bar at the Lake Elsinore Elks Lodge are due in court later this month after pleading not guilty to misdemeanor charges of operating an illegal gambling operation. Video Margaret Hamblin, 73, and 39-year-old Cari Gardner, who donates her time as a waitress at the lodge, face up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine for allegedly running a $50 football pool at the facility, the Press-Enterprise reported. The charges stem from a Nov. 20 investigation by state Department of Alcoholic...

The Deborah Rowe Radio Program Saturday: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM http://www.wlsam.com/article.asp?id=152352 Deborah Rowe is a former administrator for the City of Chicago, serving under three Mayors. She successfully managed two citywide programs, including the popular Farmer’s Market. A seasoned and respected public speaker; she recently was the featured speaker for the LaLeche League International’s 17th Annual Convention. Ms. Rowe often speaks to groups on topics such as “Perfecting Parent/Child Communication Skills”, “American Media: the Good, The Bad and The Ugly” and “Stop Holding Your Success Hostage.” Ms. Rowe has been a recognized voice in Chicago radio since 1993. She...

How [radical] Islam makes one into a fascist, whether you are Arab, black, etc. The broader view of the deep & wide reality of Islamofascism What do the Arab Muslim massacre in NYC WTC, The Pakistani Muslim bombing in London, the Arab Muslim bombing in Madrid, an Indonesian attack on Australians in Bali, an Arab Muslim racist attack on an ordinary Jew in Paris, Arabs' onslaught in the genocide campaign in Sudan, WW2's Bosnian Muslims attacking Christian Serbs, Jordanian Arab murderer: Zarqawi that seperated (Nazi style) between Shiite & Sunni kids on a bus, Arab slave masters in Mauritania, a...