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...caucus' briefing on the compromise and senators said he pushed hard for their support. Emanuel, a former House leader still popular with his ex-colleagues, may help win backing for the bill from House Dems upset over the loss of funding for their projects. Obama will also hit the road to sell the stimulus, visiting Elkhart, Ind., and Fort Myers, Fla., early next week. Elkhart has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country - at, 15.3%, dramatically up from 4.7% a year ago. Fort Myers has an unemployment rate...
...poison she pours in the girl's ear, suggesting that Coraline's real parents may have permanently abandoned her. "Perhaps they became bored of you," Sham Mom says, "and ran away to France." Shivery thought: that's right - her parents are the restless young couple in Revolutionary Road, and Coraline is the child they disposed of. She's dead and doesn't know...
...Over the past few months, as loan defaults have continued to rise, the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation has noticed an increase in servicers crafting modifications with lower monthly payments. That's a good sign - unless, perhaps, those lower payments come with a balloon payment further down the road, as White has often noticed in the loans he's studied...
...other goofy costumes. Silly hats abound (sombreros!). Sometimes band members’ instruments and places are usurped by football players, or hot chicks (strippers!), or uniformed police officers. This never results in any drop-off in musical quality. Hoobastank have copped in interviews to their middle-of-the-road reputation, and this song’s largely more (MoR) of the same. Lead singer Doug Robb—or is it Robb Doug?—keeps asking “When’s it gonna be my turn?” like he’s trying...
...Europe in arguing for markets to stay open," says Simon Tilford, chief economist at the London-based Centre for European Reform (CER) think tank. "Also, after Europe's huge expectations for Obama, there is bound to be a huge disillusion with him if the U.S. goes down this road...