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Wyoming Fracking Rules Would Disclose Drilling Chemicals
New rules going into effect Wednesday will place Wyoming at the forefront of the national push to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, the drilling technique that’s been suspected …
Tea Party Wins in Delaware as O’Donnell Routs GOP Favorite
Washington - Tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell, a little-known underdog, Tuesday defeated veteran Delaware congressman Mike Castle for the state's Republican U.S. Senate nomination, the latest in a nationwide …
Fracking for Natural Gas: EPA Hearings Bring Protests
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a controversial process for extracting natural gas from shale. Critics of fracking question the environmental and health effects of pumping thousands of gallons of …
House Hearing to Probe Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
Washington - Thirteen years ago, a federal scientific agency in Atlanta issued a sweeping report on the potential health effects of 30 years' worth of contaminated water at the …
Primary Elections: Seven States to Watch
Democrats will be watching the Republican contests closely, hoping for additional upsets by tea party-backed candidates. Democrats hope the Republicans will be saddled with unelectable candidates. Republicans are looking …
Why Egypt Seeks Prominent Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Egypt is seeking to burnish its role as an American ally as it hosts Israeli-Palestinian peace talks today – a calculation some says plays into Mubarak's succession strategy.
Government Report on Drugging of Detainees Is Suppressed
A major Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigation on the drugging of detainees held at Guantanamo and other Department of Defense (DoD) facilities was completed …
Job One for Congress: Respond to the Jobs Emergency
The House of Representatives, which returns from its summer recess today, and the Senate, which returned Monday, really only has one legislative priority it should be focused on before …
Naomi Klein on Bankers, Bailouts, BP and Building the Left
More GRITtv “We have to build that independent left. It has to be so strong and so radical and so militant and so powerful that it becomes irresistible.”
US Still Top Arms Supplier to South as Record Sale to Saudis Pends
Washington - Despite an unusual dip in global weapons sales in 2009, the United States retained its spot as the world's top arms supplier of developing countries, according to …