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U.S. Housing Sector

Actually, Economic Trends in the U.S. Are Turning Positive

Investors are still in shock from the August-September 2011 financial market meltdown and still too deeply impacted by the 2008 financial crisis to examine the set of leading indicators that portend a strengthening of the U.S. economy.
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Why Penn State's Paterno Must Go Amid Sandusky Scandal

It's virtually not possible that Paterno had never before heard the allegations. So when Paterno was approached iin 2002 by an assistant coach in alleging that he saw Sandusky, the former Penn State coach who still had access to the athletic department including workout and locker Anrooms, engaged in a sex act with a child, he should have done more than simply pass a report to the school's athletic director, Tim Curley.
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Herman Cain's Big Mistake in the Sexual Harassment Fiasco

Herman Cain is right that once he got to the top, somebody let all the dogs out, and the media is working itself into a frenzy over the sexual harassment allegations, dogging the Republican presidential candidate who has never before held elected office about the story, trying to pin down what did or did not happen.
2012 Election

Rick Perry Speech Quotes Fake Occupy Wall Street Protester [VIDEO]

It's been a tough few days for Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas. A giddy speech he made in New Hampshire on Friday led commentators to question his sobriety, and now, the blogosphere is abuzz with the news that he used a fake quote to mock Occupy Wall Street protesters.
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Why Should U.S. Sacrifice More Soldiers in Thankless Afghanistan?

At least 12 Americans were killed in Kabul on Saturday when a Taliban suicide bomber unleashed the deadliest attack on U.S. armed forces since the shooting down of a helicopter in August that killed 30 Americans. More American blood sacrifice in a thankless beneficiary country...
Rhys Ifans in "Anonymous"

'Anonymous' Movie's Shakespeare Fraud: Class Snobbery, Centuries Late

Anonymous, which opens tomorrow, wants to convince movie-goers that Shakespeare was a fraud. The movie's main success, however, is to illuminate how class-oriented and false the anti-Stratford argument- that Shakespeare's plays were written by somebody else- truly is, asserting as it does that a commoner could never be a genius.
Jim Irsay and Peyton Manning

Kerry Collins' Injury Shouldn't Force Manning to Return Early from Injury

Jim Irsay, owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts, announced on Twitter Tuesday that Kerry Collins, who has a concussion injury, has been placed on the injured reserve. On the flipside, Vice Chairman Bill Polian said that Peyton Manning, despite a neck injury, could still practice or play before this season is over.
Help! My Stomach’s About to Burst: Stomach Myths Debunked

Food Day Lessons Vital to America's Healthy Future

We only truly need a couple of things in this world, but too many citizens of the world take them for granted. One is food, something each human should value as individuals and as a citizen of the larger world. On Food Day, a national event concocted by and brought to us by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, we should stop and think -- we are what we eat.
Obama Jobs Bill

Obama Student Loan Initiative Comes With Risk

Consider that higher education isn't the ticket to a guaranteed job like it once was. Consider also that education costs have been rising far above and beyond core economic inflation, making it arguably less valuable. Consider also that student loans are the one debt that Americans can't get out of.
Mark Sanchez connects with Plaxico Burress for three TDs.

The New York Jets Plaxico Burress-Mark Sanchez Connection Has Finally Sparked

In the New York Jets' 27-21 comeback win over the incoming 4-1 San Diego Chargers, Burress had the big breakout game the Jets, and more importantly, he himself had been waiting for. He caught three touchdown passes-two three-yarders and one four-yarder-using his 6'5, 232 pound frame to the team's advantage.
Libya

Gadhafi Dead: When It Comes to Removing Tyrants, Obama Is 2-0

When Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril announced Moammar Gadhafi's death Thursday, he began with the words: We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. That must have made many in Libya and in the U.S. feel very good: it never hurts to be reminded that justice exists.
'Paranormal Activity 3'

Movie Review: 'Paranormal Activity 3' Smoke, Mirrors and No Scares

Paranormal Activity 3 the third installment of the franchise started in 2007, relies on subtle movements, the power of suggestion, and a heavy dose of imagination from an anxious, but ultimately disappointed audience. Flashing back to 1988, the remainder of the story takes place as an 80s period piece. The much younger Katie and Kristi, who fulfill every scary movie's need for pale girls with long black hair, live with their mother, Julie (Lauren Bittner), and her boyfriend, Dennis (C...

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