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Lawmakers Release Documents On Wal-Mart Bribery
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s CEO Mike Duke found out in 2005 that the retailer’s Mexico unit was handing out bribes to local officials, according to emails obtained by lawmakers.
US Chamber Makes Immigration Overhaul Top Priority
The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Thursday that the “door to the American dream must always remain open” as he announced a broad coalition of business, labor, faith organizations, law enforcement and ethnic groups intent on overhauling the nation’s immigration system.
Newark Mayor, Senate Hopeful Booker Wrote In College He Had ‘Hated Gays’
In a 1992 column in his college newspaper, now-Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker wrote that he was “disgusted by gays” before a transformative experience with a gay peer counselor changed his views.
NRA Vows To Defend Gun Rights After WH Meeting
The nation’s largest gun-rights lobby says its meeting at the White House was more about demonizing the Second Amendment than about keeping students safe.
Obama Taking Oath Of Office With MLK, Lincoln Bibles
President Barack Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand placed not on a single Bible, but two — one owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and one by Abraham Lincoln.
Buffett: ‘Banks Will Not Get This Country In Trouble’
Billionaire Warren Buffett says American banks are stronger than they’ve been in years, and won’t derail the economy.
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- Dem Women Raising Concerns ‘Big Three Jobs’ In Obama Cabinet Will Be Taken By White Men 14 hours ago
- Wal-Mart Will Join Gun Control Talks At White House 2013/01/09
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