{"id":1772,"date":"2009-09-25T02:00:19","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/1772\/senator-calls-transactions-by-acorn-a-shell-game-sign-on-sandiegocom\/"},"modified":"2009-09-25T02:00:19","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T10:00:19","slug":"senator-calls-transactions-by-acorn-a-shell-game-sign-on-sandiegocom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/1772\/senator-calls-transactions-by-acorn-a-shell-game-sign-on-sandiegocom\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator calls transactions by ACORN a &#8216;shell game&#8217; &#8211; sign on sandiego.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com:80\/news\/rssclick.aspx?redir=http%3a%2f%2fwww3.signonsandiego.com%2fstories%2f2009%2fsep%2f25%2fsenator-calls-transactions-acorn-8216shell-game821%2f%3funiontrib'>Senator calls transactions by ACORN a &#8216;shell game&#8217; &#8211; sign on sandiego.com<\/a><br \/>WASHINGTON     Documents released by a Senate Republican yesterday show that leaders of the ACORN community-organizing network transferred several million dollars in charitable and government money meant for the poor to affiliates that have political  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com:80\/news\/rssclick.aspx?redir=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thestate.com%2fbusiness-wire%2fstory%2f957224.html'>Geithner: US wants bigger role for China in IMF &#8211; The State<\/a><br \/>PITTSBURGH &#8212; Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the U.S. supports China&#8217;s bid for greater voting rights in international organizations like the IMF and the World Bank for itself and other fast-growing economies despite European reservations  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com:80\/news\/rssclick.aspx?redir=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thenews.org%2ffeatures%2forganization-promotes-freethinking-1.1914096'>Organization promotes freethinking &#8211; Murray State News<\/a><br \/>William Zingrone, assistant professor of psychology, started the Free-Thinker Society. A new campus organization promises to give students a forum to explore and even question their religious beliefs. Known as The Free-Thinker Society, the club was  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com:80\/news\/rssclick.aspx?redir=http%3a%2f%2fwww.myfoxdc.com%2fdpp%2fnews%2fpolitics%2f092509_acorn_congress'>GOP: ACORN Misusing Contributions &#8211; Myfoxdc.com<\/a><br \/>WASHINGTON &#8211; The embattled community activist group ACORN appears to be collecting charitable contributions through affiliate organizations that it then uses for impermissible lobbying and political activity, says the Republican staff of the Senate  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com:80\/news\/rssclick.aspx?redir=http%3a%2f%2fwww.news10.net%2fnews%2flocal%2fstory.aspx%3fstoryid%3d67528%26provider%3dtop'>New Effort Underway to Repeal State Gay Marriage Ban &#8211; KXTV News10Net<\/a><br \/>SAN FRANCISCO, CA &#8211; A group is pushing ahead with a campaign to repeal California&#8217;s same-sex marriage ban, even though some other gay rights organizations say it is too soon for another expensive ballot fight. 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