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...Obama are campaigning for credit-card reform. On Feb. 7, Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Barney Frank introduced a credit-card bill of rights that would make it harder for issuers to add fees and hike rates. Senator Carl Levin is also sponsoring a bill that would cap rate increases, rein in fees and require clearer disclosures of all costs...
...Mosul, chiefly on the predominately Sunnni west side of the city. Attacks there are 50% higher than elsewhere in Mosul, according to Lt. Col. Michael Simmering, a commander at the main U.S. outpost in Mosul, Forward Operating Base Marez. But so far U.S. and Iraqi forces have failed to rein in the fighters, who stage daily attacks around the city. "The insurgents do have the ability to move around the city freely," said Simmering...
...three different eras of U.S. history into one. In U.S. terms, the postwar prosperity that fueled the flight to the suburbs is happening at the same time as the 19th century Industrial Revolution that lured people from the farm to the cities, and also as Progressive Era efforts to rein in the worst abuses of capitalism take shape. I asked Guo if he agreed. He nodded, but added a caveat: "What's different about China is the sheer scale of things. The simple fact is there are still 800-900 million people living in poor, agricultural provinces. That's about...
...Unlike Puritan, legalistic Cambridge, where businesses close at 2 a.m. and liquor licenses are rare, New Orleans gives owners more free rein, Mr. Brush said...
...what he does when he comes back on the scene that should have U.S. officials worried. Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who closely follows developments in Iraq, calls Sadr's decision to rein in his forces a "pretty huge" part of the recent progress. But he isn't convinced that the young cleric has graciously taken himself out of the game without a long-term strategic agenda in mind. O'Hanlon doesn't see Sadr as a weaker player, "but a person who is deciding if he wants to play politics or go back...