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Bank's Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills

dealbook.nytimes.com — In a sign of Wall Street's resurgent influence in Washington, bank lobbyists are not leaving it to lawmakers to draft legislation that softens financial regulations. Instead, the lobbyists are helping to write it themselves.

Why Has Humanity Always Fantasized About the Capture and Rape of Women?

alternet.org — If you think about it, a woman carried off against her will is one of the most popular stories in human history. Whether she's forced to marry, sexually violated, or otherwise tormented, the female captive pops up in Persian tales, Arthurian legends, and the great epics of India.

C.I.A. to Focus More on Spying, a Difficult Shift

nytimes.com — WASHINGTON - For more than seven years, Mike - a lean, chain-smoking officer at the Central Intelligence Agency 's headquarters in Virginia - has managed the agency's deadly campaign of armed drone strikes. As the head of the C.I.A.'s Counterterrorism Center, Mike wielded tremendous power in hundreds of decisions over who lived and died in far-off lands.

Why Has Humanity Always Fantasized About the Capture and Rape of Women?

alternet.org — If you think about it, a woman carried off against her will is one of the most popular stories in human history. Whether she's forced to marry, sexually violated, or otherwise tormented, the female captive pops up in Persian tales, Arthurian legends, and the great epics of India.

Is North Carolina moving backward on civil rights?

washingtonpost.com — CHARLOTTE - North Carolina has never had a problem bragging about its progressive history. In 1960, when George Wallace was formulating the hard-line segregationist stand that would propel him to multiple terms in the Alabama statehouse, North Carolina was electing as its governor Terry Sanford, who was an advocate of education, an opponent of capital punishment and took moderate but definite steps toward integration - at the time a risk in the South.

Fox & Friends Kicks Off Summer Concert Series With Michael Bolton

mediabistro.com — ABC's "Good Morning America" and NBC's "Today" aren't the only morning shows with summer concerts. "Fox & Friends" kicks off its "All American Summer" concert series tomorrow morning with a performance by Michael Bolton. Other performances slated for this summer include Lonestar, Eddie Money, Foreigner, the Doobie Brothers, Blues Traveler, Cody Simpson and Sugar Ray.