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Are Democrats and Republicans going to campaign heavy in states with the highest unemployment rates and the largest electoral votes in 2012? In the most current preliminary release for September 2011 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 25 states recorded unemployment rate decreases, 14 states posted rate increases, and 11 states and the District of Columbia […]

October 18, 2011   Military voting increased last year, report finds   Washington Post Buoyed by a new law that requires states to make absentee ballots more accessible to military personnel serving overseas, troops voted at a higher rate than the general population in last year’s midterm elections, according to a new report.   Overall, […]

Brazil moves ahead with smart grid plans RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 17, 2011 (UPI) — Brazil is moving ahead toward expansion of a smart grid network in the country despite huge disparities in the quality of housing available to Brazilians and continuing problems tackling illegal dwellings in slum sprawls in Rio de Janeiro, other major cities […]

Ghana is currently the world’s fastest growing economy in 2011   In an economic research by the Economy Watch led by Juan Abdel Nasser, Ghana is ranked the fastest economic growing country in the world. Many people assume China is the fastest economic growing country in the world, but that is not the case, it […]

The NBA Lockout’s Biggest Losers By Brian Reed InvestingAnswers.com The NBA labor agreement is far from resolved and the first two weeks of the regular season have already been cancelled. Although it is hard to call this group of 10 multi-millionaires victims, it is also difficult to imagine losing a paycheck that amounts to an […]

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  Will North Carolina turn politcal blue or red in 2012?   The 2012 Democratic National Convention, in which delegates of the Democratic Party will choose the party’s nominees for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States in the 2012 national election, during the week of September 3, 2012, will […]

Thursday, October 6, 2011 South Sudan has sold 22 million barrels of oil AFP – South Sudan has sold 22 million barrels of oil to international buyers through the north’s Port Sudan export terminal since independence, at an estimated value of $2.14 billion, the oil ministry said. “Since achieving independence on July 9, 2011, the ministry […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqSABP7OY7U   Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights movement firebrand, dies at 89 By Elaine Woo | McClatchy-Tribune News Service The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, a blunt-talking preacher who braved beatings, bombings and fire-hosings to push Birmingham, Ala., to the forefront of the civil rights movement and advanced the historic fight with a confrontational strategy that […]