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...Wall Street is lobbying furiously to try to block the CFPA, and Republican congressional leaders have denounced the idea as big-government overreach that would harm consumers by stifling innovation - especially if bank basher (and TARP watchdog) Elizabeth Warren, the intellectual godmother of the agency, gets to run it. Some finance-friendly Democrats have been resistant as well. The new agency was included in the financial reforms the House of Representatives passed along party lines in December, but it has been a stumbling block as the Senate has struggled to put together a bipartisan bill, and even the House version...
...blue plastic five- gallon container. Suárez pried off the lid. Like foam in a beer stein, a white substance topped the 30-inch-tall barrel. Was it cocaine? Suárez plunged his hands into the powder, which turned out to be ant poison, then pulled out block after block of blue-and-white 20,000-peso bills...
Weintraub led Harvard with 12 kills on the day. Lothman also had an impressive game, recording 20 assists for the Crimson. Kuld and Jones contributed nine and six kills respectively, while sophomore middle blocker Nicola Ivica recorded five block assists...
After Markley posted a humble four points, one rebound and one block in the first half, she came out of halftime with a vengeance, swatting away two shots in a single possession...
Berry drove the lane to dish to a wide-open Miriam Rutzen for an easy lay-up. Rutzen then got a block on the other end of the floor, leading to two free throws for Lippert and setting off a 17-8 Harvard run to close out the game...