A Bloomberg poll of leading US economists found that 79% were “shocked” or “dismayed” by the recently-readjusted Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that labor productivity in the United States plunged by 13.8% in 2010.

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Some words are
like plastic: They linger long after they’ve been tossed out.

“We
get comments like, ‘Any time I throw something away, I think of you,’”
said Adam Korst, photojournalist with the Polk County Itemizer-Observer.

Last week, Jack Dale Collins, a homeless man having a mental health crisis was shot and
murdered by the Portland Police. Two months ago, Aaron Campbell, a suicidal black man
grieving over the death of his brother the same day, was shot with beanbag guns, killed by
a shot in the back, and had dogs released on his corpse.

Barack Obama earned the instant anger of environmentalists and many of his core liberal supporters yesterday by declaring his intention to open vast areas of off-shore waters for future drilling for oil and gas, reversing decades-old policies of leaving the waves to fish, gulls