Thousands threaten to quit Netflix

If you're a Netflix subscriber, you received a rude awakening today in your inbox when the company announced it would no longer be offering a combined DVD and streaming plan and would instead separate the services, for a minimum cost of about $16 a month if you still want both.a …

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States with the highest gas taxes

What you pay for gasoline depends partly on the price of crude oil but also on where you're buying your gasoline. State taxes and fees can have a powerful effect on how much it costs to fill your tank.

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Do you miss Glenn Beck?

Just a bit curious here, but The Glenn Beck Show has been killed off as of June 30th-2011.  No more Glenn Beck and his fear-mongering stories and religious babbling and ramblings, but I can't help and wonder if anyone actually misses his program. On July1st-2011, I noticed a …

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Teachers' Union Rejects Calls for Minor Concessions to Save Jobs

MacIver News Service | June 30, 2011 [MILWAUKEE] The Milwaukee teachers' union wants area businesses to donate $94 million to solve the district's financial problems, hoping that will save some of the 519 jobs to be lost on Friday. Milwaukee Public Schools announced the layof …

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Hotel Maid Accusing Strauss-Kahn of Rape Reportedly Worked as Prostitute

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Los Angeles Dodgers file for bankruptcy

The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for refusing to approve a multibillion-dollar TV deal that owner Frank McCourt was counting on to keep the troubled team afloat.

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NJ governor suggests Washington follow NJ's lead

TRENTON, N.J. – Republican Gov.

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Where the Jobs Aren't: 10 Doomed Industries

The recovery may be rocky at the moment, but when it picks up steam, confidence will increase, jobs will return and the Great Recession will become an unpleasant memory (and perhaps a useful subject from which to draw policy lessons). Even so, some industries will never recover b …

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Ten Brands That Will Disappear in 2012

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Iranian Women Banned From Olympics Because of Headscarves

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The Internet Tax Mirage

Governor Pat Quinn recently added to his reputation as America's most taxing politician by signing a law applying the state's 6.25% sales tax to Internet purchases made in Illinois.

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Democratic Activists Plan Protest to Dump Trash at Boehner's Home Saturday

Confronted with the possibility of a shutdown in basic services, a group of Facebook users in Washington, D.C., wants to take its aggression out on House Speaker John Boehner -- playing a dirty trick to make the point.

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No fried food: Health Dept. workers cringe at new rules restricting foods, fragrances, decorations

No overbearing perfume. No obscene pictures. And definitely no French fries for work lunches. That's the new edict for employees of the same city Health Department that brought you calorie-counting menus and snuffed out smoking on beaches and in parks.

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$5B Subsidy for Early Retiree Health Coverage Going Quickly, Drawing GOP Criticism

A $5 billion program aimed at providing temporary help to employers to maintain medical coverage for early retirees is being quickly depleted, as Republican lawmakers express outrage over the number of large, profitable corporations that have pocketed the taxpayer money.

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Road taxes and electric cars?

The Oregon Legislature is proposing a road tax on electric vehicles. Since they don't buy gas for their electric vehicles, they don't pay the gas tax which is used for the upkeep of the roads.

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AFSCME threatens to boycott businesses trying to stay neutral on state politics

The idea of boycotting businesses who support Governor Walker was present at the very first demonstration, but now that idea has come from Madison to Main St. State unions have taken their battle to Union Grove businesses.

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What Recession? California Mansion Sells for $100M

New home sales may still be in slumpsville, but not in the world of one Russian billionaire.

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NEW $5 ATM FEE JUST THE LATEST CHECKING TRAP

"Total Checking." "Value Checking." "MyAccess Checking." What do they all have in common? The word "free" is missing from the name.

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Is global warming a scam to make billions from cap and trade?

As reported by the Gateway Pundit: Top US scientist Hal Lewis resigned this week from his post at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He admitted global warming climate change was nothing but a scam in his resignation letter.

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Law Firm's Agency Pulls Offensive FDNY 9/11 Ad

"FDNY Firefighter Robert Keiley was working as a model when he posed for what he thought would be used for a run-of-the-mill fire-prevention ad. ..." Only to learn that they used him for soliciting 9-11 victims for their own personal gain.

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Water, the new gold of the World Market...

a groundbreaking documentary film Global corporations are rapidly buying up local water supplies. Communities suddenly lose control of their most precious resource.

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New Black Panthers "Turn" on Obama…

New Black Panthers "Turn" on Obama…tell his he should listen to Farrakhan…says Obama represents the "White Man"…tells Michelle to "leave the N**ger tonight"…calls him an Uncle Tom

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Kucinich: Libya action 'impeachable'

By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 3/21/11 3:01 PM EDT President Barack Obama should be impeached for approving air strikes against Libya, Rep. Dennis Kucinich said in an interview Monday.

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Sex and Murder in The Land of Obama?

A shocking tale of Barack Obama's behavior following a high profile Chicago gathering of Democratic Party elites shortly before Obama won election to the Illinois State Senate.

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Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the United States

Some American cities have reputations for being extremely safe, and some have reputations for being very dangerous cities.

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