Month: August 2011

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Perry Vieth, Co-Founder of Ceres Partners, stands in front of corn crops in Granger, Indiana on June 22, 2011. By Seth Lubove Perry Vieth baled

By Margaret Chadbourn The Obama administration is looking for new ideas to shrink a glut of foreclosed properties held by mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae

By Erica Orden and Jack Nicas Marilyn Monroe Sculpture, Skirt Billowing, Has Windy City Breathing Heavily CHICAGO—Marilyn Monroe was always larger than life. But here

By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Jackie O believed LBJ conspired to have her husband assassinated, according to tapes she made in 1964 with the historian Arthur

An experimental, arrowhead-shaped aircraft that could reach blistering speeds of 13,000 mph above the Pacific Ocean is set to blast off Wednesday from Vandenberg Air

[Note from CAF: This post was originally published here in February of 2009. In light of recent events, I am republishing.] By Catherine Austin Fitts

By Nils Pratley The US finished its last round of quantitative easing just five weeks ago. But the cries for more will grow deafening if

By Danny Mayer One of the major players in the global financial crisis is now in charge of all financial transactions in an entire state.