Interesting Headlines in the News Dec 18

Thirteen American Cities Going Broke
Montana approves XL Keystone pipeline
Texas judge halts Canadian Keystone XL oil pipeline work
Michigan becomes right-to-work state despite union protests
Super-rich liberals breathe new life into 'death tax'
White House rejects Boehner's offer

Why The Fiscal Cliff Is Set To Crush The Middle Class With 50% Tax Rates
New Fed Metrics, QE4 Won't Cure What Ails the US Economy
How the Fed Rules and Inflates
Libya closes borders, declares martial law
Indian government admits 'gold-backed'

Iran Announces More Naval Exercises in the Straits of Hormuz
IMF about to show 'red card' to Argentina
Patriot missiles in Turkey: Targeting Syria or Iran?
Moscow fires warning shot across bow of US naval-based ABM
US Navy pulls two aircraft carriers from Syria shores
Kathleen the Terrible
Society Is Crumbling Right In Front Of Our Eyes


Consumer Prices on U.S. Decline More than Forecast
Higher Taxes in 2013? You're Already Paying Them for 2012
Is Inflation the Hibernating Bear?
Gold's Mega-Rally Hangs in Balance
Currency Cartel: Counterfeiting "Risk Free"
Overtaken From Within
Libor founder Minos Zombanakis condemns rate manipulators
Argentina faces IMF penalties

Syrian army tanks close in on Damascus Palestinian camp
White House says Obama will move swiftly

Iran warns Patriot missiles in Turkey could lead to 'world war'
Syria 'genuinely worried' extremist groups

Syrian rebels take control of Damascus Palestinian camp
Computers that will see, hear, smell: Next, world domination?
UofD Law Students Help Homeowners

The Fiscal Cliff Is A Diversion:

Gun Control After Newtown
The Eurozone's Delayed Reckoning
Foreign holdings of US debt hit record $5.48T
Inflation rocks, but it could spur a bond market crash
Why A Cliff Deal Could Cripple The Economy
Key Democratic senators shift on gun regulation
Union thriving in right-to-work Nevada
Al Qaeda Lives
We've Been ZIRPed
NRA Facebook Page Disappears
36 UBS Bankers To Be Implicated In Liborgate,

Santelli And Schiff On Bernanke's