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CLEM'S CHRONICLES: JOBS/MICHAEL JACKSON/AFGHANISTAN

Howdy folks-Clem Lane here. Hope you all have a fun, safe holiday weekend. Here's what's going on....... JOBS-We’ve had a wide variety of stories that have supplanted our nation’s economic recession/recovery from the front pages and first blocks recently. Today...

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Obama Now Owns Bush's Broken Economy

America lost 467,000 jobs in the month of June. The sharp job loss that began during George Bush's presidency continues on Obama's watch. The new administration pushed through a stimulus plan aimed at jump starting hiring. But after fighting for...

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Obama Likes Mike Over Kobe

ABC's Kristi Berner from New York: Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant may have won his fourth NBA title last month, along with his first playoff MVP trophy… but today he got dissed by the First Basketball Fan. The Associated...

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Wash Post: Saddam's Last Words To FBI

What did the imprisoned leader of Iraq say while being interviewed by the FBI? The Washington Post reports this morning (read here) that Saddam Hussein said he let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction because he wanted...

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'Unemployment rate much worse than the administration contemplated...'

Some quotes of the day...a good read before you head out of the office for the 4th... "There are now 14.7 million people unemployed. Since the start of the recession, the unemployment rate has risen 4.6 percentage points. If you...

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