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bit.ly The biggest ever seizure of Mafia-linked assets has transferred ownership of 43 wind and solar energy companies to the Italian government.

In an agreement announced today, the City of New York will pay more than $365,000 to settle a lawsuit...

"“What passes as Islamic finance is anything but interest-free,” said Timur Kuran, a professor of economics and political science at Duke University. Egypt’s long-winded negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a $4.8 billion loan have shown...

www.nytimes.com Mr. Blank’s films are considered timeless, well-crafted essays on subjects like garlic and it devotees, Mardi Gras, gaptoothed women and polka enthusiasts.

"Even those running the system are reluctantly beginning to conclude that some kind of mass debt cancellation—some kind of jubilee—is inevitable. The real political struggle is going to be over the form that it takes. Why not a planetary debt cancellation,...

www.wired.com Law enforcement investigations can be pretty tedious. Hence why the ATF is seeking an automated database to quickly identify you and who you know.

www.kmbc.com Kansas City police uncover an underground suburb used by the homeless on the city's northeast side.

www.spiegel.de Twelve years ago, Portugal eliminated criminal penalties for drug users. Since then, those caught with small amounts of marijuana, cocaine or heroin go unindicted and possession is a misdemeanor on par with illegal parking. Experts are...

www.socialtextjournal.org The concept of a "jobless recovery" offers just one more example of the many ways that work is not working as a system of income allocation, pathway to individual achievement, or mode of social belonging. And yet, the only solution...

www.usatoday.com Wesley Snipes has moved from prison to house arrest.