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"The House of Representatives has shown a catastrophic failure of leadership. Monday’s vote, rejecting Hank Paulson’s admittedly imperfect plan to add liquidity, transparency and perhaps a little capital to the banking system, was shameful. It was a triumph of political expediency over the needs of the nation. The signal was that congressmen would rather save their seats than do what it takes to keep the US payments system functioning. The vote was reversed on Friday but the message cannot be unsaid."
Financial Times editorial
The leading British financial newspaper was making its point in an editorial published on Saturday.

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Seniors
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  • Moving Mom Without Tears - Relocation Specialist Shares Secrets of Success
  • Mercer seniors shouldn’t see change in service under CASE
  • Older voters key bloc in swing states
  • Dr. Joseph Santelli, DDS to hold "Purple Cow" Seminar at Cohasset Council on Aging on October 15th

    Computers
  • Dell UK releases Ubuntu netbook but favours Windows
  • How the NFL and Dell Thrust Montoursville Business into the National Spotlight
  • Computers Are a Gift
  • Facebook co-founder calls it quits
  • With faster speed, laptops may be as hot as the Sun

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    -- Their friendship goes back nearly 15 years, since Jimmy Rollins and Pat Burrell were teenagers in the Bay Area. It has been strengthened by all those lean seasons in a Philadelphia organization...

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    THERE ARE not a lot of questions left. Jim Dowd and Bryan Berard have been released, Claude Giroux was assigned to the Phantoms, and Luca Sbisa was signed to a rookie contract that will allow the...

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    Schuylkill Expressway Sunday night a case of road rage.Police said the shooting happened just before 9 p.m. Sunday on the westbound Schuylkill near...

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    Obama and McCain present conflicting views on Iraq
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    Though Republican presidential candidate John McCain has used his war hero status to push his political ambitions, fresh evidence has surfaced that the ex-navy pilot was actually accident...

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    European equities sell off sharply
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  • US Elections Commission asked to audit Obama contributions
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    State News
  • Floodwaters topple 170-year-old Pa. canal wall
  • Man critical after Philadelphia freeway shooting
  • Democrats telling staffers steer clear of campaign efforts in wake of scandal
  • Major issues unresolved in Pa. Senate
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