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The Week Obama Trumped the Donald
Donald Trump speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) This has been the kind of week that makes news junkies …
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BP Will Be Penalized in North Slope Oil Spill Settlement
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. has agreed to pay a $25 million civil fine to settle a federal lawsuit over the largest-ever oil spill on Alaska's North Slope, according to …
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GOP House Chooses Big Oil Over Granny
(Photo: Thomas Hawk) Now, let's check today's sports scores: 4, 10.7 and 21-and-a-half. Those tallies are from the oil league, and the winner, of course, …
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Lessons Learned From Osama bin Laden?
President Barack Obama makes remarks about the death of Osama bin Laden during the Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 2, …
Now What?
The fact that Osama bin Laden is dead does not alter the landscape much at all.Â
US Refusal of 2001 Taliban Offer Gave Bin Laden a Free Pass
Washington - When George W. Bush rejected a Taliban offer to have Osama bin Laden tried by a moderate group of Islamic states in mid- October 2001, he gave …
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Discovery of Bin Laden Hideout Spotlights Concerns About Pakistan’s Intelligence Service
The killing of Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani city dominated by the military has spotlighted a conundrum that Western counterterror agencies have grappled with for years: Is Pakistan's …
Haymarket and the Chicago Idea Resonate 125 Years Later
Haymarket Riot Memorial, on the corner of Randolph and Desplaines, Chicago. (Photo: avrenim_acceber) One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, a bomb exploded in Chicago's Haymarket Square. …
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Special Comment: On the Death of Osama bin Laden
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Protesting Corporate-ocracy in Ohio
Over two hundred people gathered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday for the nation's first-ever organized mass protest against powerful right-wing think tank ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. …