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Ralph Nader: Koch Brothers Led Fight to Defend Formaldehyde Despite Carcinogenic Evidence
A Lasio hair treatment, which releases harmful fumes, is performed by Merita Selmani at Mark Garrison Salon in New York on October 29, 2010. At Garrison's, the procedure, called …
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A Distant Sound of Churning
In my last dream of a febrile night, I put my flat-screen TV on top of an old house in town and watched it crash onto the street. There …
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Washington Post Wants Endless War
The Pentagon Washington Post has yet to mention Section 1034 of the Defense Authorization Act of 2012, but you can expect it — if it passes the Senate — …
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Detroit Catholics Clergymen Defy Bishop, Turn Out for Liberal Mass
Defying the Roman Catholic archbishop of Detroit, a priest led a Mass Sunday organized by the American Catholic Council, a controversial umbrella group of liberal Catholics. And dozens of …
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Protest in the Golan Heights
Here I am, an hour-and-a-half's drive from the Golan, and I can't figure out what happened there on June 5. There were no independent journalists on either side of …
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Supreme Court Rejects Argument That Officials’ Votes Are Protected Free Speech
Denver - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld ethics laws across the nation that forbid legislators and city council members from voting on matters in which they have a …
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GOP Hopefuls Point Finger at Obama, Not Each Other
Republican candidates for president before a debate at the Sullivan Arena at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, on June 13, 2011. From left: Former Sen. Rick Santorum, …
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Concern Over Republican Embrace of the Ayn Rand Poison
Some say that maybe it is a bad idea to base a political party's ideology on a belief that altruism, democracy and Christianity are “evil.” Others say that maybe …
Unions Save Lives
Miners listen as Rocky Moore, a mine safety inspector, not pictured, talks with them about mine safety precautions at Teco Energy's E3-1 coal mine in Hazard, Kentucky. (Photo: Joshua …
US-Pakistani Relations: The Tail Still Wags the Dog
Soldiers of the Pakistani Army on patrol in South Waziristan, Pakistan. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) During the worst days of the cold war, …