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The Coal Ash Industry Manipulated EPA Data
The coal ash industry manipulated reports and publications about the dangers of coal combustion waste, reports Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The group stated that the Environmental Protection …
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US Jobless Claims Drop Less Than Expected
The number of U.S. workers who filed new claims for initial unemployment benefits declined slightly last week, though many economists expected a steeper drop. A Labor Department report released …
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President Obama: Learn Ffrom Mr. Spock!
President Obama's cool, cerebral, logical style has drawn comparisons to Mr. Spock of Star Trek, as played by Leonard Nimoy in the original series from the 1960s. Like that …
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President Obama: Learn From Mr. Spock!
President Obama's cool, cerebral, logical style has drawn comparisons to Mr. Spock of Star Trek, as played by Leonard Nimoy in the original series from the 1960s. Like that …
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Senate Confirms Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a Second Term
With just 72 hours left before his term ended, the Senate voted 70-30 Thursday to confirm beleagued Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second, four-year term. "To vote …
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Swine Flu Didn’t Fly
For makers of the swine flu vaccine, 2009 was a year to remember. By June, CSL Limited's profits rose 63 percent above 2008 levels, while in the third quarter …
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Howard Zinn, A Public Intellectual
What was so moving and unmistakable about Howard was his humility, his willingness to listen, his refusal of all orthodoxies and his sense of respect for others.
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Elizabeth Warren: Protecting the Middle Class From Financial Predators
For years, federal banking regulators at the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and the Federal Reserve helped the nation's largest banks …
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A Goldilocks State of the Union: Not Too Big, Not Too Small, Just Right
“I am feeling so disempowered,” the woman prefaced her question to me at a Passion to Action conference in Grass Valley, California, sponsored by the See Jane Do ... …
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UN Secret Detention Report Asks, “Where Are the CIA Ghost Prisoners?“
A major new report on secret detention policies around the world, conducted by four independent UN human rights experts, concludes that, "On a global scale, secret detention in connection …