Sep 8, 2011 – NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Everyone agrees -- fixing the tax code is imperative. Many believe a simpler, smarter tax code can help reduce the country's debt burden by generating a more competitive economy and by raising more revenue through lower tax rates and a broader base of what's...

Sep 8, 2011 – Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday morning that he believed Republicans in Congress would rather see President Obama defeated than economic improvement that would benefit the country as a whole. "I think that is true. I think that is absolutely true. I'm sure there are some on their...

Sep 8, 2011 – Jobless claims rose to 414,000 from 412,000 for the week ending Sept. 3, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The unexpected rise in claims shows that while companies aren’t increasing layoffs, they also aren’t hiring, The Associated Press reported. Stock futures slipped on the news, which added to unease...

Sep 8, 2011 – It didn't take long for Fox & Friends host Gretchen Carlson and White House press secretary Jay Carney to begin bickering over the proposals expected from President Obama's major address on the economy and jobs creation. President Obama is slated to unveil a $300 billion jobs package at...

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Sep 27, 2011 – A court in Jeddah on the west coast of Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to ten lashes for defying the country's ban on women driving, activists told the AP. This comes less than 48-hours after King Abdullah's announcement that Saudi women would be able to participate in municipal elections...

Sep 27, 2011 – America's ever-growing debt crisis is in the trillions -- more than $14 trillion, give or take a few billion. That's a lot of zeros, numbers so large they're sure to make Americans numb when trying to get their arms around what it means to them. But what would...

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Sep 27, 2011 – Washington (CNN) - Call it tag team politics. President Barack Obama Monday finished up two straight days of fundraising on the West Coast. Tuesday Vice President Joe Biden picks up the slack with fundraisers in the Northeast. The vice president will be the center of attention at a gathering of approximately...

Sep 27, 2011 – There's live video now from CNN and Washington's NBC-4 as work begins to have engineers rappel down the sides of the Washington Monument to inspect for damage from the Aug. 23 earthquake that shook much of the eastern U.S. As we reported earlier, the monument suffered considerable damage...

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Sep 27, 2011 – (CBS) Dancing is, at heart, a sexual exercise. However, week two of "Dancing with the Stars" verily simmered with the sizzling sensation of forbidden fruit. It had all been set up by Kendra Wilkinson's sudden admission that, as a contestant in the last competition, she had...

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Sep 27, 2011 – Uwe T. Schmidt, chief executive of Solar Trust, says he is a fan of the Energy Department’s loan-guarantee program. He met with Energy Secretary Steven Chu and the program’s director, Jonathan Silver, when his company was seeking support for a 1,000-megawatt solar thermal plant it wanted to build in the...