US ranks 17 in measure of economic freedom
Wednesday, the Fraser Institute, a Canadian public policy think tank, released its annual Economic Freedom of the World Report revealing that while the United States is up a slot in the rankings from last year's analysis, the country still has ground …
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Markets Live: Stocks fight back
Australia, the world's third-biggest beef exporter, relies heavily on Indonesian demand, and had been hit hard by the tightening of quotas in its largest live cattle market in 2012 and 2013. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics …
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Politicians, media outlets red-faced over wrong claims about gun in Navy Yard …
"We do not have any information at this time that [Alexis] had an AR-15 in his possession," said FBI assistant director Victoria Parlave at a press conference on Tuesday. Parlave said that it is now believed that Alexis, 34, possessed a shotgun when he …
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House Arrest For Hu Jia, Chinese Dissident, After Criticizing Communist Party …
As HuffPost Live's Ahmed Shihab-Eldin notes in the video above, Jia has already spent several years under house arrest after serving three years in a Chinese prison for his activism. He was first detained in December 2007 on charges of "incitement to …
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Live updates: AL-01 congressional debate in Bay Minette
Tomorrow's event at St. Paul's Episcopal School in Mobile will be live-streamed over AL.com. Tonight's event is not televised, but sit back and enjoy … James: We have to stop being the world referee. We should take care of ourselves first. LeFlore …
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Group launches ad blitz against Congress' Obamacare benefits
The national online ad campaign, titled "Inconvenient," argues that Congress "should live with the laws it passes." Bankrupting America, an educational project of spending-hawk nonprofit Public Notice, released the ad Monday and will air it as a pre …
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