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Monday, December 12, 2011 Obama Takes Swipes At GOP Candidates POLITICS Supreme Court To Rule On Arizona Immigration Law TECHNOLOGY Julia Bacha: Pay Attention To Nonviolence WORLD Putin's Billionaire Challenger GREEN 208 New Species Discovered In Threatened Region Of Southeast Asia BUSINESS Protesters Eye West Coast Ports BLOG POSTS Robert Redford: Keystone XL and Jobs: Just More Pipe Dreams This week the GOP leadership, once again, has sided with Big Oil against the will of the American people. They are trying to circumvent President Obama's decision to further investigate the impacts of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. GOP leadership is instead advocating for granting the permit now, or else they will hold up important legislation meant to benefit real people's real lives. They want you to believe it's about jobs, but that's not what the facts bear out. Is there anything more cynical than Big Oil and its Washington allies playing on heartland hardship by pretending a dangerous tar sands pipeline can put folks back to work? Ari Melber: The Underminey Backlash Against Newt, Starring Peggy Noonan The essence of fame, of course, is people knowing of you without knowing you. Gingrich's hope, then, is to keep these worlds apart and his fans at a distance. Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea: An Icy Winter Threatens Gloomy weeks for the western world: the elections in Egypt and Russia threaten to transform the Arab spring as well as the hoped for political thaw with Moscow into an icy winter. Stephanie Madoff Mack: I Still Don't Understand Mark's Suicide Last year, nearly two months before my husband Mark Madoff committed suicide, he and I were out to dinner celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary. Chris Kelly: Mitt Romney's Honor Is Worth $10,000 and Not a Penny More When you really think about it, this brouhaha is a perfect illustration of why it's so hard, in Obama's America, to be a super-rich white businessman.

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Explosion blows front off Skokie building | VIDEO An explosion blew the front off of an apartment building in the 8700-block of Kimball Avenue in north suburban Skokie. Flames ripped through the roof. Single mom, 2 others killed in fires | VIDEO Fires across the Chicago area and northwest Indiana left three people dead, including a Lake Station mother whose young children survived. Car strikes person, slams into flower shop | VIDEO A car struck a pedestrian at a bus stop before crashing into a building at Irving Park and Kimball Monday morning on the Northwest Side. House in session to finalize Sears, CME deals The Illinois House returns to Springfield Monday for another one-day session. The House will be finalizing the tax break deals with the CME Group and Sears. No water in East Chicago after main break | VIDEO Residents in East Chicago, Ind., are without water after the rupture of a water main early Sunday morning. Coyote videotaped on North Side | VIDEO Another coyote has been spotted on Chicago's North Side. This time, it was videotaped. MORE STORIES Strange News Michelle Obama breaks jumping jacks record Police: Woman mixed meth inside Walmart store | VIDEO Police: 2 Fla. women stole Christmas decorations Ad executive sends holiday cards from grave Car powered by Diet Coke, Mentos travels 239 feet Consumer Ford to recall Fusion, Milan to fix wheels Jewel brand frozen ravioli recalled Megabus offers free rides Which tablet is best for kids? Some kids' cereals have more sugar than dessert Healthbeat Tiniest babies grow up healthy; still an exception to the rule Fewer breast cancer survivors get reconstruction surgery To Write Love on Her Arms | VIDEO Raw cookie dough linked to E.coli Study: Bone drug boosts breast cancer survival MOST POPULAR Postal workers rally against proposed cuts Single mom, 2 others killed in fires Michelle Obama breaks jumping jacks record Mother killed, two sons injured in NW Ind. fire Car strikes person, slams into flower shop All Most Popular

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