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Break Up the Banks? Here's an Alternative - BAILING out financial institutions deemed "too big to fail" has become wildly unpopular, as people across the political spectrum are now talking about splitting up America's large banks.

The Bishops make their move - So it looks like the Bishops have decided to double-down on their latest effort to have the Federal Government enforce Church Law.

BBC 'buried Savile sex abuse claims to save its reputation' - The BBC shelved a Newsnight investigation into allegations that Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused a teenage girl in his dressing room at Television Centre, it has emerged.

Democrats' star speaker Van Jones fires up crowd - and emerges party "leader of the future"? - San Diego - Van Jones, the former Obama Administration green czar who resigned in controversy, appears on the fast track to a political comeback - emerging as a star at this weekend's California The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are ... (more)

Marine scout snipers used Nazi SS logo - Marine Corps scout snipers used the logo of the notorious Nazi SS organization while in Afghanistan in 2010, the service acknowledged Thursday.

Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News - A car that was bombed by two assailants on a motorcycle in Tehran on Jan.

Many people are wondering why the surrogate mother -fake pregnancy rumors have resurfaced with Beyonce's first public appearances since Blue Ivy's birth.

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Photo of the Day: Shock and Awe at the White House - President Obama gets a thrill after inviting young scientists and inventors to his home.

The High Price of Telling the Truth About Islam - [Editor's note: The article below is written by Eric Allen Bell, a filmmaker who was recently banned from blogging at the "Daily Kos" because he wrote three articles that ran afoul of the mindset there, specifically naming "Loonwatch.com" as a "terrorist spin control network." The day's must-read ... (more)

Treatment of Grandmother After Fatal Police Shooting Is Criticized - After a police officer fatally shot an 18-year-old man in his Bronx apartment on Thursday, the man's grandmother, a witness to the shooting, was taken into custody and held against her will for several hours, a friend of the family said on Saturday.

Soaking the Poor, State by State - You have heard, perhaps, that rich people in America are egregiously overtaxed.

A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ANNOUNCES MAJOR LAWSUIT AGAINST NATION'S LARGEST BANKS FOR DECEPTIVE & FRAUDULENT USE OF ELECTRONIC MORTGAGE REGISTRY - Complaint Charges Use Of MERS By Bank Of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, And Wells Fargo Resulted In Fraudulent Foreclosure Filings The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds ... (more)

Oil shale - A vast resource that can't be dismissed - In last week's State of the Union address, President Obama called for an all-of-the-above approach to energy as a critical part of securing this country's future - and we agree.

John Heilemann's piece, Newt May Be Mad and Mental Enough to Fight On Long After Florida is at the top of Memeorandum today: And what of Gingrich's pledge to carry on his crusade all the way to Tampa? That's takeaway number three.

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Boehner: House Will Likely Attach Keystone Approval to New Jobs Bill - House Speaker John Boehner is interviewed on "This Week." - Speaker John Boehner says that the House will try again to tie approval for the Keystone pipeline project to a new jobs bill being introduced next week.

Tension on the Tarmac - WHAT is it with Barack Obama's penchant for getting in tangles with blond politicians on airport tarmacs? - Usually, tarmacs are for joyous welcomes or teary goodbyes.

Joe Biden Admits He Advised President Obama Not To Carry Out Bin Laden Raid - Vice President Joe Biden spoke to a conference of House Democrats in Maryland today, and in discussing the SEAL Team raid that successfully took out Osama bin Laden, he admitted that he advised President Obama The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are ... (more)