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The laws of supply and demand know no bounds.

With enlistments slumping, the Army has announced it will pay a signing bonus of $20,000 to any new recruits.

The signing bonus is offered to new privates who ship out by September 30th, the end of the Army's fiscal year -- proving that while business may be war, war is also a business.<...

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In a surprise to just about no one, Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley announced he's entering the U.S. Senate race to challenge incumbent Gordon Smith.

His biggest competition in ...

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