President Obama receives medical attention

Playing in a post-Thanksgiving pickup game with visiting family members and personal aide Reggie Love, Obama caught an elbow to the lip. The injury was treated by the medical unit located on the first floor of the White House. Obama was given a local anesthetic. The medical staff used a procedure that required more stitches than usual in an effort to minimize the scar. 

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EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Fantasia Admits In Court She Aborted Married Lover's Child

RadarOnline.com has obtained an exclusive audio recording of Fantasia Barrino testifying in court that she aborted the child of her married lover Antwaun Cook around the time of her failed suicide attempt this past August.

You can get the full story by RadarOnline.com that broke the world exclusive story that Fantasia made the sensational confession in a North Carolina court on Monday during Cook's divorce proceeding with his ex-wife Paula.

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Wendell Potter Admits Coordinated Smear Campaign Against Michael Moore To Discredit "Sicko"

A surprise to no one who cringed through some of the nasty and personal smears against Michael Moore as "Sicko" was released, reformed health care executive Wendell Potter admitted that there was a systematic plan and campaign to discredit both the filmmaker and documentary. Yesterday, on the TV and radio show "Democracy Now" hosted by Amy Goodman, the former Vice President of CIGNA, one of the nation's largest health insurance companies, revealed that CIGNA met with the other big health insurers to hatch a plan to "push" yours truly "off a cliff."

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In a shocking revelation, the former chief spokesman for CIGNA, Wendell Potter, revealed just how frightened the health industry was that "Sicko" might ignite a public wave of support for "socialized medicine." On Keith Olberam, Potter had a candid conversation with Michael Moore about how the large health insurance companies came together over a common cause: Stop the American people from going to see "Sicko."





Part 1 and 2 of the videos here display the entire conversation between Potter and Moore. Here you Potter unviel the details on the health care industry's covert attempt to submarine the health care reform they promised to facilitate. Also, Wendell Potter says his own company, CIGNA, was so scared of what Michael Moore's 2007 documentary "SiCKO" would do to its bottom line that they sought a "campaign to push Michael Moore off a cliff."

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DeLay convicted of money-laundering charges in campaign finance scheme

Former House majority leader Tom DeLay, the Texan architect of Republican power in Congress, was convicted Wednesday of illegally plotting to funnel corporate contributions to home-state legislative candidates in 2002.
A jury in Austin found DeLay guilty of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Punishment for the first ranges from five years to life in prison, but the former congressman from the Houston suburb of Sugar Land could receive probation.

DeLay will remain free until he is sentenced on Dec. 20. "This case is a message from the people of the state of Texas that they want - and expect - honesty and ethics in their public officials," said Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg. "All people have to abide by the law."

Reporters in the courtroom described DeLay as stunned by the verdict, which came after 19 hours of deliberation. "This is an abuse of power," the former congressman said outside the courtroom. "It's a miscarriage of justice, and I still maintain that I am innocent. The criminalization of politics undermines our very system, and I am very disappointed in the outcome."

The conviction follows years of investigation of DeLay, 63, who came to symbolize the intersection of money and politics in Washington. He made a mission of solidifying the Republican majority in Congress, and his ability to raise campaign cash was part of his power and eventual downfall

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Fed lowers outlook for economy through 2011

Federal Reserve officials have become more pessimistic in their economic outlook through next year and have lowered their forecast for growth.

The economy will grow only 2.4 percent to 2.5 percent this year, Fed officials said Tuesday in an updated forecast. That's down sharply from a previous projection of 3 percent to 3.5 percent. Next year, the economy will expand by 3 percent to 3.6 percent, the Fed said, also much lower than its June forecast.

Fed officials project that unemployment won't change much this year, averaging between 9.5 percent and 9.7 percent. The current unemployment rate is 9.6 percent. Progress in reducing unemployment has been "disappointingly slow," the central bank said, according to the minutes of its Nov. 2-3 meeting.

The darker view helps explain why the Fed decided at its meeting earlier this month to launch another round of stimulus. The central bank plans to buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds over the next eight months in an effort to lower interest rates and spur more spending.

The Fed is slightly more optimistic about 2012, in part because officials expect the bond-buying program to have a positive impact. The economy should grow 3.6 percent to 4.5 percent that year, a tick better than June's forecast of 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent.

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