Monday, May 16, 2011

Monday's Daily Brief

Monday, May 16, 2011
WORLD
IMF Head Faces Rape Charges As Another Woman Comes Forward
POLITICS
Boehner To Obama: Let's Make A Deal On Debt Limit
GREEN
More Floodgates Opened, Residents Warned To Get Out
SPORTS
Olympic Gold Medalist Dead At 24
TECHNOLOGY
Google's Eric Schmidt: Smartphones Should 'Remember Everything'
BLOG POSTS
Joseph A. Palermo: The Republican Supreme Court Sticks It to the Little Guy (Again)
Once again the US Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has shown the nation it will always favor corporations over people even if it means conjuring new law out of thin air.
Wendell Potter: Got Health Insurance? Pray You Won't Get "Purged"
For several years now, insurance companies have been "purging" small business accounts they no longer consider profitable. Meanwhile, U.S. health insurers are reporting record profits, and their CEOs are topping the list of highest paid corporate executives.
Natalia Brzezinski: Terry McAuliffe's Green America: an Exclusive Interview
Although the question of whether he will run again in Virginia in 2013 remains tantalizingly unanswered, McAuliffe has been doing what most successful candidates don't do -- fulfilling his campaign promises.
Scott Mendelson: Weekend Box Office: Bridesmaids Scores, Thor Repeats on Top, Priest Survives
You can write up Bridesmaids as a triumph for female-driven comedies or just the triumph of a terrific movie opening well. In a just world, Kristen Wiig would be getting Oscar talk.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Bin Laden's Burial and Other Religious Frauds
For years US government officials as well American Muslim leaders have been saying that Osama bin Laden is not a Muslim but a charlatan. Why then, if bin Laden did not live as a Muslim, did we rush to bury him as one?

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