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  1. Privatization in UK will pay handsomely, to the select few http://bit.ly/8ZE6LB
  2. Paul Allen to give away his billions http://bit.ly/aaRpjU
  3. France's Bastille Day celebration marred by human rights controversy http://bit.ly/bOhWDL
  4. What really caused the deficit? Hint: B-U-S-H http://bit.ly/cyYK1U
  5. @JohnD1967 thanks John
  6. BP's Bob Dudley feels your pain http://bit.ly/av0tfX
  7. Ahhh, those small town values http://bit.ly/9nu7jK
  8. The current media narrative on the Obama presidency is simply naive http://bit.ly/cPD9HB
  9. Americans blame Bush, not Obama, for deficit, jobs, Afghan wa http://bit.ly/a6YLM0
  10. Hill memo tells Dems to cheer up http://bit.ly/952YSW
  11. Top House Republicans and top Republican on Senate Banking committee want to repeal Wall Street reform http://bit.ly/bhcH53
  12. West Virginia has a new Senator http://bit.ly/b8o00x
  13. Congress investigating abandoned offshore oil wells http://bit.ly/b8cWdN
  14. Wall Street does victory lap following Goldman settlement http://bit.ly/9x9YJj
  15. Friday Morning Open Thread http://bit.ly/cj0ZTB
  16. British Conservatives prepare for deep-sea oil drilling http://bit.ly/du2KwR
  17. Oil well stopped in Gulf of Mexico, for now http://bit.ly/dqjNKa
  18. Gulf oil spill fades as an issue just as oil stops gushing into Gulf (for now, anyway) http://bit.ly/bOkNvk
  19. Offshore oil drilling ban for BP proposed by House Committee http://bit.ly/c6kzcr
  20. BP oil strikes bird nesting region in Louisiana http://bit.ly/9iukpd