Rep. Issa Collects Complaints From Businesses

Republicans in Congress are taking aim at government regulations they say are keeping unemployment high. Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa released letters he solicited from businesses about regulations businesses say are overly burdensome. Critics say businesses are taking advantage of the economic climate to target regulations they've long opposed.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/08/133583979/Rep-Issa-Collects-Bussinesses-Complaints?ft=1&f=1014

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Researchers Link Marijuana And Earlier Onset Of Psychosis

Australian researchers found that marijuana users who developed psychosis were 2.7 years younger than nonusers who became psychotic. Other sort of substance abuse sped up psychosis by 2 years, but alcohol alone showed no effect.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/02/09/133615747/researchers-link-marijuana-and-earlier-onset-of-psychosis?ft=1&f=1057

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The Weekly Standard: Yes, They Are Overpaid

November president Obama announced a two-year pay freeze for federal workers, an idea that has enraged the left, and not quite satisfied the right. Andrew G. and Jason Richwine of The Weekly Standard argue that it is the government's duty to lower federal wages, not only to save billions of dollars, but to prove its dedication to free markets.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/08/133596573/the-weekly-standard-yes-they-are-overpaid?ft=1&f=1057

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Centrist Democratic Leadership Council To Close: Politico

The DLC was a platform for centrist New Democrats. Bill Clinton was its most famous member. But the group was detested by many in the Democratic Party who saw it as not just selling out liberal ideas but attacking them.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/02/07/133573016/democratic-leadership-council-to-close-politico?ft=1&f=1014

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The New Republic: Revolts Stir Up Nuclear Sentiment

Using the Iranian Revolution in 1979 as an example, Henry Sokolski of The New Republic argues that the Egyptian protests could fuel a nuclear proliferation domino effect across the Middle East ? and that the Obama administration must alter it's policies so that this won't happen.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/08/133588036/the-new-republic-revolts-could-fuel-nuclear-desires?ft=1&f=1057

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