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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt stories: 24 news summaries

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OBIT

Ohio's 'Senator No' Metzenbaum Dead at 90 

Crusading Democrat took on big business in long Senate career

Mar 13, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Ohio senator Howard Metzenbaum has died at home at the age of 90, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Democrat, his views shaped by the Great Depression and FDR's policies, fought hard for the rights of workers during a political career that began in 1943. Colleagues nicknamed the self-made... More »

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Cleveland • Senate • obituary • Democrat • filibuster • Franklin D. Roosevelt • pork barrel spending • senator • Howard Metzenbaum

OPINION

Their Phony Yuks Run Amok

Writer says Hillary and Rudy are only hurting themselves

Dec 12, 07 2:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The presidential frontrunners have both taken to laughing loudly when facing hostile questions, and Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter says they’re tittering up the wrong tree. Hillary Clinton laughs uncontrollably when her health care plan is compared to “socialized medicine” and Rudy Giuliani gets giggly when quizzed on his... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Franklin D. Roosevelt • laughter • presidential frontrunners

7 Celebs Who Married Cousins

Bach, Rudy, Einstein all kept it in the family

Dec 11, 07 5:54 PM CST
(Newser) - These seven celebrities looked no further than their own family tree for a bride, Mental Floss reports—they married their cousins:
  1. Johann Sebastian Bach: Had 7 of his 20 children with Maria.
  2. Edgar Allen Poe: Fell for Virginia when she was 7; they wed when she was 13.
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Rudy Giuliani • marriage • Charles Darwin • Albert Einstein • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Jerry Lee Lewis • cousins • Johann Sebastian Bach • Edgar Allen Poe • Virginia Poe • Regina Peruggi • Emma Darwin • Eleanor Roosevelt

Mortgage Mess Was 100% Avoidable

Lax oversight has huge cost, American Prospect editor writes

Aug 29, 07 7:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Blame for the current economic disaster should be placed squarely on the shoulders of the US government, for deregulation that allowed speculators to cash in, writes the American Prospect’s Robert Kuttner. Helping boost "ordinary people" into the "propertied class" has fallen out of favor in Washington, with... More »

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subprime mortgages • Ronald Reagan • US government • US economy • Franklin D. Roosevelt • mortgage lender

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