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Analysis: Fed under fire as public anger mounts

AP - 47 minutes ago

Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.

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Still fighting
The New Britain Herald - 39 minutes ago
NEW BRITAIN — Though the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan show no signs of ending, the American anti-war movement has gone off the rails since what was supposed to be a non-partisan “anti-war” movement became instead a very partisan “anti-George W. Bush” movement. That was the central point made by noted peace activist Cindy Sheehan at a Central Connecticut State University panel discussion held ...
U.S. airline industry once again goes under scrutiny
USA Today - 46 minutes ago
For the third time in 16 years the federal government is forming a blue-ribbon panel to try to save the USA's perpetually troubled airline industry, which has racked up $58.5 billion in losses and shed 158,000 jobs this decade.
What's Obama's trade policy? So far, there isn't much of one, some analysts say
Boston Herald - 53 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - During his first 10 months in office, as global trade contracted sharply, President Barack Obama avoided pursuing free-trade pacts and limited his public moves...
Global warming debate hostile
Washington Post - 1 hour 55 minutes ago
Climate change scientists' stolen e-mails show they feel they're under attack, eager to punish foes.
Letters to the editor: Nov. 23, 2009
Naples Daily News - 1 hour 56 minutes ago
Here are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of Nov. 23, 2009:Letter of the Day: Understand?Editor, Daily News:When I take my daily walk, and children are waiting for the school bus, and I say “good morning,” and they turn away and their mothers give cowering looks, I understand.When people are losing their homes and unemployment is over 10 percent, and I turn on the TV and they want ...
Analysis: Fed Under Fire As Public Anger Mounts
The Huffington Post - 2 hours 1 minutes ago
What's Your Reaction? WASHINGTON — Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say.
It's been all Palin, all the time
Norwalk Advocate - 2 hours 17 minutes ago
The latest appearance on the literary scene is by former Republican candidate for vice president Sarah Palin. If you stood in awe when she was selected for the country's second highest political office, you must have done what I pretty much did, mutter, "Oh no not another tell-all book."
Today in History: Nov 22
NBC 2 Fort Myers - Sun Nov 22, 8:57 am ET
Today is Sunday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2009. There are 39 days left in the year.
Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos
AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 8:40 am ET
Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Exiting Afghanistan
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Sun Nov 22, 8:38 am ET
You are nearing the day of decision as to whether you order the dispatch of more soldiers to Afghanistan. Some of your advisors have urged up to 50,000 more soldiers, including several thousand called trainers of the Afghan army.
The Pit Bull in the China Shop
New York Times - Sun Nov 22, 7:55 am ET
Sarah Palin is far and away the most important brand in American politics after Barack Obama. Her 15 minutes is far from up.
Good Morning!
KWTX-TV Waco - Sun Nov 22, 7:44 am ET
Good morning, it’s Sunday November 22 and it will be sunny and a little warmer today. It’s the 46th anniversary of the death of a president.
Should Obama Fire Gen. McChrystal?
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Sun Nov 22, 7:38 am ET
It is not too late for President Barack Obama to follow the example of Harry Truman, who fired the famous Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1951 for insubordination. Then, as now, the stakes were high. Then it was Korea; now it is Afghanistan.
Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care
The Mercury - Sun Nov 22, 6:30 am ET
Associated Press Writer CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.
Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Nov 22, 6:14 am ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults.
Shortage of military therapists creates strain
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Nov 22, 5:50 am ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.
Obama to roll out red carpet for India
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 5:42 am ET
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was due Sunday to start the first US state visit under President Barack Obama, who hopes to show his dedication to the emerging power even as his attention lies elsewhere.
Palin's right: GOP should slug out primaries
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Sun Nov 22, 5:37 am ET
WASHINGTON - For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising.
GOP math suspect in stimulus debate
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Nov 22, 5:35 am ET
EDITOR’S NOTE — An occasional look at assertions by government officials and how well they adhere to the facts.
Health care plan hits rich with big tax increases
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Nov 22, 5:35 am ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — The typical family would be spared higher taxes from the House Democratic plan to overhaul health care, and their low-income neighbors could come out ahead.