From Bad to Worse? A Foreclosure Crisis Primer

Oct 15th 2010 – 6:55 AM |AOL News

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(Oct. 15) -- The American housing mess just keeps getting messier. Even as federal and state governments ratchet up investigations into the way banks and the mortgage-servicing industry move to...

Obama Administration Lifts Gulf Drilling Ban

Oct 12th 2010 – 3:59 PM |AOL News

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(Oct. 12) -- The Obama administration today announced an early end to the moratorium on deepwater oil drilling off American shores, but it has added tough safety rules for the drilling companies and...

A Nobel Prize That's All About Jobless Debate

Oct 11th 2010 – 3:18 PM |AOL News

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(Oct. 11) -- At a time when the human toll of global financial turmoil remains one of the biggest public challenges, this year's Nobel Prize in economics directly addresses the job-market disruption...

NATO Chief Sees More Big Missions in the Future

Oct 8th 2010 – 10:16 AM |AOL News

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(Oct. 8) -- Despite flagging support within NATO for its mission to pacify Afghanistan, the military bloc's leader said today he expects the alliance to take on similarly ambitious missions in the...

Pakistan Boosts Nuke Program Amid Regional Tension

Oct 6th 2010 – 9:50 AM |AOL News

(Oct. 6) -- Pakistan has ramped up construction of a nuclear reactor supporting its atomic weapons program, according to an analysis of new satellite imagery of the site. The development comes amid...

Japan Cuts Interest Rate to Zero in Bid to Boost Economy

Oct 5th 2010 – 9:44 AM |AOL News

(Oct. 5) -- Facing an economic downturn that threatens to get worse, the Bank of Japan today surprised markets by cutting the cost of borrowed money to rock bottom prices and announcing a plan to...

How Serious Is the European Terror Alert?

Oct 4th 2010 – 9:32 AM |AOL News

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PARIS (Oct. 4) -- How frightened should American travelers be following the State Department's alert on "the potential for terrorist attacks in Europe?" The answer: The worries are serious, but the...

Probe: US Arms Sales to Persian Gulf Lack Oversight

Sep 29th 2010 – 5:46 PM |AOL News

(Sept. 29) -- The U.S. State and Defense departments have authorized billions of dollars in arms sales to countries in the Persian Gulf without documenting how transferring Patriot missile defense...

Recession Spurs Young in US to Forgo or Delay Marriage

Sep 28th 2010 – 6:53 PM |AOL News

(Sept. 28) -- When it comes to wedding vows, the most likely answer from Americans these days is "I don't." And the uncertain economic times may be to blame. Last year only 45 percent of Americans...

Obama Signs Small Business Bill Into Law

Sep 27th 2010 – 2:58 PM |AOL News

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(Sept. 27) -- President Barack Obama today signed into law a chain of tax cuts for small businesses and up to $14 billion in federally funded loans aimed at stimulating job creation, in what's likely...

A US Currency Battle With China Is Heating Up

Sep 24th 2010 – 8:42 PM |AOL News

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(Sept. 24) -- Congress is moving to give President Barack Obama new ammunition in a long-running feud with China over currency policies that cost American jobs, but the White House may not want to...

Obama Slams Ahmadinejad but Pushes Talks With Iran

Sep 24th 2010 – 2:03 PM |AOL News

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(Sept. 24) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be the United States' best bet for isolating and forcing change from Iran. President Barack Obama, in an interview today with the BBC service...

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