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In all the chatter about Detroit, there was no talk about the lack of an energy or health-care policy that ushered Detroit into this mess.

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Professional tennis's hopes of building the Asia market are dimming.

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I'm inspired by Obama's problem-solving zeal, so I have come up with a national recovery program of my own. The goal: to create Innovation Nation.

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