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Alice Walton: Wal-Mart Heiress Has Regrets Following DWI Arrest

Wal-Mart heiress, Alice Walton, spent her birthday in jail following an arrest for driving while intoxicated (DWI) on Oct. 7. Walton's attorney, Dee J. Kelly, told the Weatherford Democrat that she accepts full responsibility for the incident and deeply regrets it.
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Geithner says growth too slow, need jobs bill

Economic growth has gained some strength but remains too slow and would benefit from passage of a package of job proposals that congressional Republicans have blocked, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Saturday.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, a major proponent and agent of neoliberalism

Occupy Wall Street Protest Names Single Enemy: ‘Neoliberalism’

Critics of the Occupy Wall Street movement say it's all over the place. They say it has no clear aim or agenda. Now, occupywallst.org, the Web site for the NYC Protest for American Revolution, announced that it has a single enemy that seems to encompass most of the wrongs the protesters are railing against.
The Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King talks to US Treasury Secretary Geithner and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in Paris

G20 tells euro zone to fix debt crisis within weeks

The world's leading economies kept pressure firmly on Europe to sort out its debt crisis on Saturday with the sense of urgency to be reflected in a communique at the end of a G20 finance chiefs' meeting.
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Nanotube Yarns can Twist Like Muscles

Yarns, made of the tiny straws of carbon called nanotubes, have an astounding ability to twist as they contract, according to scientists. The effect, reported in Science, is similar to the action of muscles found in elephant trunks and squid tentacles.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner looks on during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Busan

G-20 Maintains Pressure on Eurozone Over Debt Crisis

The world's leading economies kept the pressure firmly on Europe to sort out its debt crisis on Saturday with the sense of urgency to be reflected in a communique at the end of a G-20 finance chiefs' meeting.
iPhone 4S customers in line

Opening Day for the iPhone 4S Starts Early

It was 68 degrees by 8:00 in the morning Friday, but the loyal fans who had lined up outside the Apple Store at 1 Stockton Street in San Francisco had already braved (slightly) less hospitable temperatures.

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