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Can Solyndra’s Breakthrough Solar Technology Outlive the Company’s Demise?
The politically charged investigation into Solyndra's collapse has overshadowed the fact that the fate of a groundbreaking technology hangs in the balance. The politically charged investigation into …
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Assassination Deals Blow to Peace Process in Afghanistan
Kabul Afghanistan - An assassin with explosives hidden in his turban was ushered into the home of the head of Afghanistan’s peace process on Tuesday, embraced him and then …
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Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: The AP Releases Misleading Analysis of Obama’s Tax Plan
As part of his deficit reduction plan, President Obama has proposed some tax increases on the wealthiest Americans, which would come via allowing the Bush tax cuts for the …
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Resisting the Corporate Theft of Seeds
We are in a food emergency. Speculation and diversion of food to biofuel has contributed to an uncontrolled price rise, adding more to the billion already denied their right …
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Poll: Obama Expected to Lose But Still Tops Any Republican One-On-One
Washington - Look out President Barack Obama, even Sarah Palin's gaining on you. A new McClatchy-Marist poll finds that Obama looks increasingly vulnerable in next year's election, …
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Taking Back the Vote
People vote in the special election for New York's 9th district, in a gymnasium in Queens, New York, September 13, 2011. (Photo: Michael Appleton / The New York Times) …
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Justice Department Condemns Texas Redistricting
Texas' Republican-controlled Legislature violated the federal Voting Rights Act by adopting new congressional and legislative district maps that disenfranchise minority voters, the Justice Department has told a Washington federal …
Iraq: We Lost $1.2 Billion in Equipment Going in; How Much Will We Lose Getting Out?
(Image: JR / Truthout) On December 31, 2011, the United States has committed to the government of Iraq that they will be removing their troops and contractor …
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The Republicans’ Latest Ploy to Keep the Economy Lousy through Election Day
Whatever shred of doubt you may have harbored about the determination of congressional Republicans to keep the economy in the dumps through Election Day should now be gone. …
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More Perry Tales
It's bedtime, children, so put on your jammies, scootch under the covers, and I'll tell you another “Perry Tale.” Once again, the Texas-governor-who-wants-to-be-your-president is flitting hither, thither …