CR Note: Gee, Is anyone actually wondering how this vote turns out? NY Times By NIKI KITSANTONIS and RACHEL DONADIO   ATHENS — European markets slid dramatically on Tuesday after Prime Minister George A. Papandreou stunned the continent’s l… more »

Green Mountain Scribes / By Audrey Pietrucha   If economic and political liberties are necessarily linked, as many believe, then the United States’ reputation as the land of the free slipped a little further this week as documented in Economic Freedo… more »

By Les Christie, staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The robo-signing controversy is just another issue that the already sluggish housing market didn't need -- but most analysts do not think it will have far-reaching impact. Nevertheless, the hou… more »

Obama's approval ratings among these groups are at or tied with their lowest levels to date by Frank Newport PRINCETON, NJ -- President Obama's job approval rating averaged 88% among blacks and 38% among whites in July, a 50-percentage-point diffe… more »

By Howard KurtzWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, March 22, 2010; C01   As House members spent Sunday droning on while heading toward final approval of President Obama's health-care bill, the end was in sight for journalists who have been chained t… more »