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Sabbath-observant Jew named Obama's new White House chief of staff

Jacob Lew, who last served as budget director, to replace William Daley.
By Natasha Mozgovaya and Barak Ravid

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Once Derided as an Expensive Folly, China’s Three Gorges Dam Goes From Strength to Strength

Written by John Daly

Link: http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Ene...orges-Dam-Goes-From-Strength-to-Strength.html

Monday, 09...

Well, this is a bad way to start the year. Over the past 48 hours, news has broken in India of the existence of at least 12 patients infected with tuberculosis that has become resistant to all the drugs used against the disease. Physicians in Mumbai are calling the strain TDR, for Totally Drug-Resistant. In other words, it is untreatable as...

Federal Agents Helped Major Drug Trafficker Move Millions in Cash

Link: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/01/federal_agents.php

By Graham RaymanMon., Jan. 9 2012 at 2:39 PM

​Investigators with the Drug Enforcement Agency helped a Mexican narcotics kingpin transfer million of...

Taxes, gay marriage top O’Malley’s agenda for Maryland assembly

Monday, January 9, 2012