U.S. to Seek Extradition of Drug Capo “El Chapo”

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Krugman: There are No Victims of ObamaCare

I’m not kidding. He really said it. In the NYT this morning. How callous can you get? Maybe he should read this morning’s WSJ. Here is Stephen Blackwood, the president of Ralston College, describing his mother, a cancer victim whose insurance was cancelled because of ObamaCare: The repeated and prolonged phone waits were Sisyphean, the […]



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Campbell-Brown 'cleared' to compete

Former Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown says she has been cleared to race again by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.



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Barca pay £11.2m in Neymar tax case

Barcelona pay £11.2m to Spain's authorities after being charged with tax fraud over the signing of Neymar - but deny wrongdoing.



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Costo de las guerras de EE.UU. aumenta a seis billones de dólares

Las guerras en Iraq y Afganistán le costarán a EE.UU hasta seis billones de dólares, según nuevo informe. Mientras, las nuevas reglas de combate impuestas favorecen una mayor mortalidad de soldados. Invertir en las guerras fondos obtenidos por medio del préstamo también encareció los gastos.Los conflictos añadieron dos billones a la deuda estadounidense: un 20% de la deuda acumulada entre 2011 y 2012.



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Presidentes y representantes de todo el mundo rendirán tributo a Chávez

“Presidentes y líderes políticos y sociales han anunciado su participación en diferentes eventos, que llevaremos a cabo por el primer año de la partida física del comandante Hugo Chávez”, expresó el presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, durante una entrevista concedida a teleSUR. Dio a conocer que se realizarán actos especiales en todas las capitales de América Latina.



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The Vision Thing

On Thursday, some Republican members of Congress and think tank policy wonks who often advise them will be at the National Press Club to present their alternatives to ObamaCare. (Register here.) It occurs to me that what is most missing from the Republican proposals and commentary in recent times is the lack of a clear […]



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