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Twitter Reaches 100 Million Users, Becomes World’s Megaphone

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Five years ago, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey sent out the first tweet ever to just 7 followers. Today, the most popular person on Twitter (Lady Gaga) has over 13 million followers and Twitter as a platform just hit 100 million active users, announced the company in a blog post.
Texas Governor Perry talks during a break with Rep. Ron Paul on stage at the Reagan Centennial GOP presidential primary debate in Simi Valley

Ron Paul Has Become the Right's Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader is a five-time candidate for President of the United States, with a particular concern for consumer protection, eviromentalism and democratic goverment. Some claim the lecturer and attorney has been merely a political disrupter over the years, acting as a third-party spoiler for instance in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.
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No Facebook for iPad in Sight, But iPhone Gets Updated

Facebook for iPad app is still nowhere in sight. But on a brighter note, Facebook has updated its iPhone app with several new features and welcomed improvements. Facebook for iPhone v3.5 is now available for download and the new version includes a redesigned look for Profiles and Group walls - similar to its Web changes.
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Obama Jobs: $300B Economic Stimulus Package Likely to Face GOP Resistance

In his Thursday address, President Barack Obama is expected to call for extensive tax incentives as part of his administration's plan to jump-start job growth, which has ebbed in recent months as the originally stimulus ended. However, the plan faces an uphill battle in House, where ruling Republicans are likely to oppose it.
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Rick Perry Campaign: 5 Reasons He Can Win

A previous article looked at 10 positions that could make Perry unelectable once he has to win over the general electorate rather than just Republican voters. On the flip side, here are five reasons he could have a good chance.
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Top 5 Features That Make Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 a Better Choice Over iPad 2

One of the hottest gadgets that emerged from the IFA technology show in Berlin is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. The device, which Samsung was forced to pull from the IFA 2011 show following a preliminary injunction issued by a German court, is hugely shaping up to be the strongest rival to Apple iPad 2.
For Discussion: Oil and Gasoline Prices

Oil Prices: Sanders Says Speculators Keeping Crude Artificially High

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is madder than you-know-what about high oil and gasoline prices, and he's not going to take it anymore. He's introduced a bill, the End Excessive Oil Speculation Now Act of 2011, that would impose strict limits on the amount of oil speculators can trade in the commodity and futures markets.
Rick Perry

Rick Perry Campaign: 10 Reasons He Is Too Extreme to Win

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the latest frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, has taken more radical stances than perhaps any other candidate. Here are the top 10 positions that may make it difficult for him to compete in the general election.
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Labor Day 2011: Simply, U.S. Needs Millions of New Jobs

The United States enters this Labor Day faced with many problems, and the most serious of which concerns jobs -- the state of working America is in its most trying condition in generations, with the unemployment at a very high 9.1 percent, and the nation short at least 11 million jobs.
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Is the Dow Headed Higher or Lower?

To say it's been a discomforting time for U.S. stock investors lately would be an understatement. Europe debt concerns, a tepid U.S. economic recovery that’s not creating enough jobs, and now Hurricane Irene’s damage has jolted institutional investors. Given the above, where’s the Dow headed from here?
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Can the U.S. Recover From These 3 Major Policy Mistakes?

Tea Party members and other conservatives would like Americans to believe that the United States’ problems started in 2009, but nothing could be further from the truth -- three major policy errors by President George W. Bush last decade substantially worsened the U.S.’s fiscal condition, and the nation has been trying to recover ever since.

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