With the $12 trillion mortgage-lending industry hanging by a thread, President Bush had no choice. He put away his veto pen and signed a really, really humongous blank check.
The coffee company announces plans to close 600 stores, while simultaneously watering down its primary house brew. As if we needed any more evidence that the economy is in the dregs.
Not much is at stake on Election Day 2008. Just the long-term health of the global economy and the future of the planet. That's what the offshore drilling debate is all about.
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