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TAKE OFF ANOTHER 500 It was the latest turn in a volatile week on Wall Street as investors react to the United States losing its coveted AAA credit rating.  On Tuesday, the Dow gained 430 points after the Fed left key interest rates unchanged. The Dow plunged 630 points Monday, its worst day since the 2008 financial crisis.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hosting an Iftar dinner Wednesday evening to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_PREVIEW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-10-05-12-56

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinborough, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: “A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time…
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