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Some investors argue that corporate boards have become beholden to management and approve huge pay packages that siphon money away from shareholders. Because pay packages aren't tied to long-term performance, critics say, they also encourage the reckless risk-taking that created the financial crisis.

New Doc Tells a Less Familiar Story of the Holocaust

The head of the American Red Cross in Haiti says the country should brace for a series of public health aftershocks. First, people dying from untreated injuries. Then, a wave of sickness from lack of clean water and housing. And finally, starvation when what little food there is runs out.

From American Idol to the Super Bowl, he's everywhere. And though it may be tempting to dismiss Ryan Seacrest as a kind of pop culture Ken doll, you might not want to. He has more Hollywood clout than you might think.

Democratic activists say the departures of Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) should be a wake-up call for the party as it heads into this year's midterm elections. In the year since Barack Obama was elected president and Democrats took over both houses of Congress, the party has been steadily losing ground with voters.

Ben Bernanke is widely credited with helping keep the "Great Recession" from becoming a second Great Depression. But the Federal Reserve chairman faces anger from both Congress and the public for bailing out Wall Street, while ordinary Americans are struggling under the crush of high unemployment, stagnant incomes and rising foreclosures.

When the Labor Department releases monthly unemployment numbers Friday, investors will be hoping for signs of new job growth. As some fear the jobless rate will hit 10 percent, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt says there are still some bright spots in the economy.

After months of struggle, House Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation Thursday to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance.

It was six months ago that scientists discovered an ominous new flu virus, touching off fears of a catastrophic global outbreak that could cause people to drop dead in the streets. Doomsday, of course, never came to pass.

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