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• Markets are calm — too calm. Why pros are spooked

  After wild price swings that left investors bewildered and not a cent richer last year, stocks are rising again, and calm has settled over the market like blue skies after a storm.

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• TransCanada: New route for pipeline nearly done

  A Canadian company attempting to build a $7 billion pipeline to carry oil from Canada to refineries along the Gulf Coast soon will have a new route that seeks to allay worries of U.S. regulators, a company executive said Wednesday.

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• Kansas Republican Prays For Death Of President Obama; Follows Up With Racial Slur Against First Lady. Apologizes (Poorly) When Caught (IMAGE)

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  Kansas continues to beg the question: “What’s the matter with Kansas?” Late last week, Kansas Speaker of the House, Mike O’Neal, “apologized” for forwarding a pair of emails that, in turn, called for the death of President Obama and then …

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• High court backs foreign campaign contribution ban

  The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal seeking to expand the ability of foreigners to contribute to American political campaigns.

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• Iran sentences American man to death in CIA case

  An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran.

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