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WORLDNOTES – January 24, 2009

January 17, 2009

Bolivia: Morales announces nationalization Swearing into office 1,500 local officials in Potosi Jan. 6, President Evo Morales announced plans to nationalize foreign-owned companies controlling water, electricity and railroads. His government had previously assumed control over oil...

Wanda Sykes on the bailout — lol

January 17, 2009

This is comedienne Wanda Sykes on the $700 billion bailout. Truth and hilarity all in one:

The cost of living

January 17, 2009

During a recent shopping trip to Macy’s I made a simple, but possibly profound, discovery: shit costs too much, way too much. I’m serious. I keep reading about big discounts offered by retailers due to the...

A peoples inauguration

January 16, 2009

Four million expected for Obama swearing-in, parade WASHINGTON—Unprecedented. That’s what people are saying about the “people’s inauguration” of Barack Obama. As many as 4 million people are expected to pack the nation’s capital Jan. 20 to...

Detroit rally backs Obama economic recovery program

January 16, 2009 By John Rummel

DETROIT — 2009 is beginning as those who voted for change imagined: grassroots groups are turning the hope that blossomed last November into action. In this hard-hit city, organizing is under way to change things from...