Quoted: Officials illegally used “political or ideological” factors to hire new lawyers, a blistering report found.

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Quoted: A small red berry called miracle fruit temporarily rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors, rendering lemons as sweet as candy.

Quoted: Now, with Barack Obama inching closer to the Democratic nomination, race looms yet again as a central factor in American politics. Already, race has played ...

Quoted: The central process driving this is not globalization. It’s the skills revolution. We’re moving into a more demanding cognitive age. In order to thrive, people are compelled to become better at absorbing, processing and combining information. This is happening in localized and globalized sectors, and it would be happening even if you tore up every free trade deal ever inked.

Quoted: How did all of the mechanisms operated by the mind-bogglingly well-paid men and women of the Street go so wrong?

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Okay. It's over now. The Boss has spoken. Guess he couldn't endorse McCain since he wasn't Born in the USA.

Quoted: WASHINGTON -- Bruce Springsteen , the rocker who made "Born in the USA" a signature of working-class pride, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president today.