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Blind Chinese activist Chen arrives in New York

Blind Chinese Activist Chen Arrives In New York [PHOTOS]

Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who escaped house arrest, enjoyed his initial hours of freedom in New York Saturday even as his relatives and supporters are facing the ire of Chinese authorities back in his country.
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng (C) is helped by his wife Yuan Weijing (R) after arriving in New York May 19, 2012.

Chen Guangcheng: From Legal Activist In China To Legal Fellow In US

Capping an extraordinarily eventful four weeks, Chen Guangcheng -- a blind attorney known as the Barefoot Lawyer -- flew to the U.S. from China on Saturday. Chen began the day in a Beijing hospital and ended it in a New York apartment building, according to multiple media reports.

The Most-Effective, Quickest Way To Create More U.S. Jobs

In a talk at New York's Princeton Club, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman said the solution to create more jobs and get the U.S. economy to grow faster isn't rocket science: it's fiscal stimulus.
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Spanish Non-Performing Debt Highest In 18 Years

The ratio of bad debt held by Spanish banks increased in March and hit an 18-year high of 8.37 percent, or $187.5 billion, the country?s central bank announced on Friday. The number of nonperforming loans with payments that are 90 days overdue is now about 10 times larger than it was during the peak of the property boom in 1997.
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Raven Symone Coming Out As A Lesbian And Dating AzMarie Livingston of ?ANTM?? [PHOTOS]

Raven Symone has been in the limelight since she just three-years-old when she first appeared on The Cosby Show as little Olivia. Part of growing up in the limelight is the gossip. Right now, Raven Symone is at the center of a gossip story claiming that she will be coming out as a lesbian. Symone is reportedly dating American's Next Top Model contestant AzMarie Livingston.
Governor Luis Fortuño of Puerto Rico at a conference of municipal bondholders last week

Cofina Bonds, Highly Popular Muni, Likely To See Downgrade: Wells Fargo

A highly popular tranche of municipal debt issues is likely to feel the sting of a multi-notch ratings downgrade soon, a Wells Fargo credit strategist warned. The downgrade would wreak havoc on the portfolio strategy of a substantial number of investors in tax-exempt debt, and would also likely have noisy political repercussions in Puerto Rico, the municipality whose bonds are in the crosshairs.

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