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Bernanke Calls for Audit of Fed's AIG Bailout

(Jan. 19) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke today asked the investigative arm of Congress for a "full review" of the government's bailout of insurer AIG. Bernanke's letter to the Government Accountability Office amounts to tacit recognition that a growing furor over AIG, the poster child for financial...

Opinion: Stuck at the Airport? Aim Your Frustrations at Washington

LM Otero, AP Planes line up at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 (Nov. 20) -- Thursday morning's air traffic control meltdown, which delayed flights for nearly four hours, wasn't the first time this has occurred. In August 2008, there was a similar failure, with similar delays. And...