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Will Ex-CEO Mark Hurd Seek Vengeance on HP at His New Job? (The Atlantic Wire)

September 8, 2010

The Atlantic Wire - When Mark Hurd was fired as CEO of Hewlett-Packard following a mysterious sexual harassment complaint, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison slammed HP's board of directors saying they "just made the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs." Now Ellison is putting his money where his mouth is, hiring Hurd as Oracle's co-president. "Mark did a brilliant job at HP and I expect he'll do even better at Oracle," Ellison said in a statement announcing the hire. Intriguingly, Oracle is looking to compete in the same space as HP. Will Hurd exact revenge on his former bosses?

A bank bailout for Afghanistan? (The Week)

September 8, 2010

The Week - A run on Kabul Bank — the nation's largest — is triggering fears of an Afghan financial meltdown. Should the U.S. step in?

How Old School Is George Clooney's 'The American'? (The Atlantic Wire)

September 8, 2010

The Atlantic Wire - The options could hardly be starker for Labor Day movie-goers. On one hand, there's the blood-stained Machete, which seems to revel in the number of body-parts it dismembers for the pleasure of audiences. And, of course, there's also that European-tinged, art-house hitman movie with the relatively unassuming poster of George Clooney furrowing his brow. What's that one about, exactly? It appears that nearly half of our nation's finest critics lost their patience with the slow-burning film before trying to figure that out.

Why Are the Feds Suing Brash Arizona Sheriff? (The Atlantic Wire)

September 8, 2010

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Obama's new infrastructure plan: By the numbers (The Week)

September 8, 2010

The Week - During his Labor Day address, President Obama announced a $50 billion proposal to rebuild American roads and rails

Hoax or Not, Is Joaquin Phoenix's Career Over? (The Atlantic Wire)

September 8, 2010

The Atlantic Wire - Director Casey Affleck's slyly crafted documentary I'm Still Here, chronicling the downward spiral of Walk the Line heavyweight Joaquin Phoenix, may or may not be an elaborate hoax. The more important question is this: Is the two-time Academy Award nominee's career irreversibly damaged?

Newt's Faint Presidential Prospects (RealClearPolitics.com)

September 8, 2010

RealClearPolitics.com - On Friday, at a town hall in small town Oklahoma, conservative Sen. Tom Coburn said Newt Gingrich is "the last person I'd vote for, for president." Gingrich is "a super-smart man but he doesn't know anything about commitment to marriage." Gingrich lacks, in Coburn's view, "the character traits necessary to be a great president."

One jobs idea from Obama that should fly (The Christian Science Monitor)

September 8, 2010

The Christian Science Monitor - Job-creation proposals are flying out of the White House like popcorn these days. Democrats in Congress need all the help they can get to retain power after the Nov. 2 elections. And President Obama is trying desperately to take the chill out of a frosty economy.

Schneiderman for Attorney General (The Nation)

September 8, 2010

The Nation - The Nation -- "Transformational politics is the work we do today to ensure that the deal we can get on gun control or immigration reform in a year—or five years, or twenty years—will be better than the deal we can get today. Transformational politics requires us to challenge the way people think about issues, opening their minds to better possibilities."