Scott Brown Hits China Comparison By Elizabeth Warren, Despite Having Made His Own

Republican Scott Brown slammed his Democratic rival for U.S. Senate on Friday, accusing Elizabeth Warren of "comparing us to China." Warren, in a campaign ad and on the trail, noted that China spends 9 percent of its GDP on infrastructure investment, while the United States spends less than 2.5 percent. "China is making the investments in roads and bridges and communications that will give a real competitive advantage to China's businesses. ...

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19 Things We Know More About Than Mitt Romney's Tax Returns

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney still refuses to release any of his tax returns from before the year 2010. Romney says there's absolutely nothing worth seeing. So naturally, people are just dying to know what tantalizing pieces of information the returns hold. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) claimed last week in an interview with The Huffington Post that he had been told Romney paid no taxes for 10 years. Romney denied Reid's claim and challenged the Senate leader to "put up or shut up." Reid, in response, called his source "extremely credible" and told ...

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Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren Issues Unusual Plea For Fed, Bernanke To Take More Action On Economy

Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should expand its holdings of mortgage bonds and Treasury securities until the central bank is satisfied with the health of the economy, Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, told the New York Times."You continue to do it until you have documented evidence that you're getting growth in income and the unemployment rate consistent with your economic goals," Rosengren ...

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Marilyn Monroe's Career: What Would Have Happened If She Hadn't Died 50 Years Ago At 36?

Fifty years ago this Sunday, Paula Strasberg was sitting in her apartment on Central Park West when she got a horrible phone call. Her friend and pupil Marilyn Monroe was dead. Strasberg had been with Monroe just days before in Los Angeles, coaching her through her performance on what ended up being her final movie, "Something's Gotta Give." The coaching taxed Strasberg's strength, which was already ravaged by cancer that she refused ...

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Pat Robertson Blames Atheists And Those Who Hate God For Wisconsin Temple Shooting

Pat Robetson on The 700 Club. On the morning after the tragedy in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, The 700 Club's Pat Robertson placed the blame for the shooting at the Sikh Temple on atheists and those who "hate God." "...people who are atheists, they hate God, they hate the expression of God, and they are angry at the world, angry with themselves, angry with society and they take it out on innocent people who are worshipping ...

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Aly Raisman Wins Olympic Gold In Gymnastics Floor Exercise

U.S. gymnast Alexandra Raisman performs during the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) LONDON -- Aly Raisman finished the Olympics in style. The U.S. captain matched Gabby Douglas in gold medals, winning the title on floor exercise Tuesday. Add in the bronze on balance beam from earlier in the day, and she becomes the most decorated ...

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Mitt Romney Ad Criticizes Obama For Welfare Policy Romney Supported As Governor

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's presidential campaign released a television ad Tuesday bashing President Barack Obama for implementing a welfare policy that Romney supported when he was governor of Massachusetts. "In 1996, President Clinton and a bipartisan Congress helped end welfare as we know it," the ad's voiceover says. "But on July 12th, President Obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements." Welfare, formally known as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, is administered by states within federal rules. Last month, the Department ...

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'The Great Gatsby' Release Date Moved To Summer 2013

"The Great Gatsby" is no longer a 2012 Oscar contender. In a shocking bit of news, Warner Bros. announced on Monday that Baz Luhrmann's highly anticipated 3D adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" will not get released on Dec. 25. Instead, the film has been moved to an unspecified date in summer of 2013. “Based on what we’ve seen, Baz Luhrmann’s incredible work is all we anticipated and so much more," Dan Feldman, Warner Bros. president ...

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Carmelo Anthony Takes Cheap Shot To Groin From Facundo Campazzo Of Argentina

Carmelo Anthony reacts after getting fouled against Argentina on August 6, 2012 in London, England. The U.S. men's basketball team throttled its opponents from Argentina on Mondaynight in London but it may have been one of the Americans who felt the sharpest pain during the Group A game. After letting loose a three-point shot during a U.S. outburst in the third quarter, Carmelo Anthony was the victim of what looked a lot like ...

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Liu Xiang Injured: Chinese Track Star Falls During 110-Meter Hurdles But Limps To Finish Line (PHOTOS)

China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji, Poland's Artur Noga and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite and and Senegal's Moussa Dembele react during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza) LONDON -- Liu Xiang hopped along the outside of the backstretch on his left leg, his injured right leg tucked ...

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Obama Campaign Fundraising Tops $75 Million In July

The Obama campaign, Obama Victory Fund and Democratic National Committee together raised over $75 million in July,but less than the $101.3 million raised by the Mitt Romney campaign, Romney Victory Fund and Republican National Committee. It was not immediately clear how much each group raised independently. In May, the combined Romney entities had beaten the Obama entities, but the Obama campaign far outraised the ...

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