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Britain's Prince Harry has interviewed Barack Obama for a radio program in which the former U.S. president shared his memories of the day he left office and his hopes for the future. Kensington Palace said Sunday the interview was recorded in Toronto in September during the Invictus Games, a sports event for injured military personnel that Harry championed. The palace said the conversation featured Obama discussing his plans to cultivate the next generation of leadership through the Obama Foundation. The interview was part of Harry's guest editorship of the BBC's Today...

The spike to almost 65$ oil today is a signal to get out of US equities. The last week's drop and the continued upward curve from the dow say we are headed for a big drop in most stocks. If you aren't in energy, you had better be in emerging markets. I made the move today.Mike

The Weather Channel folks are in full swing orgy mode with the doom and gloom, making it sound as bad as they can. 10 minutes ago, Jim Cantorre was the "idiot on the beach" at Kill Devils Hill (or something like that), NC. Yep, it was raining. Yep, the wind was a good breeze. He made a big deal that the wind speeds were "now approaching 25 mph!!!" Oh My God. Abandon all hope. We had wind in Las Vegas yesterday that had gusts to 35 mph. Oh My God!!! Don't send Jim here, he could not take it. Then...

<p>LONDON -- The government had promised beer drinkers a full pint of ale, but it announced yesterday that 95 percent was the best it could do.</p> <p>Pubs that serve pints less than 95 percent full could face prosecution, the government said. The current minimum is 90 percent.</p>