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The attack is another example of a low-order event that iseffective in generating media attention.

when states stepped into the vacuum by passing laws requiring protections against dirty loans, the Bush Administration went to court to invalidate those re- forms, on the ground that the inac- tion of federal agencies superseded state laws

In 2004, the top cop on the Wall Street beat in Washington -- the Securities and Exchange Commis- sion -- now operating under the radical deregulatory ideology of the Bush Administration, authorized in- vestment banks to decide for them- selves how much money they were required to set aside as rainy day re- serves. Some firms then entered into $40 worth of speculative trading for every $1 they held

mortgage-backed securi- ties

Wow. As if the debate around using ethanol to fuel cars weren't already complicated enough, now an Islamic scholar has suggested that driving or even riding in a vehicle fueled by ethanol could be considered a sin for observant Muslims. The opinion comes from Sheikh Mohamed al-Najimi, of the Islamic Jurisprudence Academy in Saudi Arabia. It is based on the part of Islamic law derived from a statement by the prophet in which dealing with alcohol in any form--including purchase, sale, transport, consumption, and manufacture--is strictly prohibited