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Judge KOs 525G Mortgage to Slap Bank
A Long Island couple is home free after an outraged judge gave them an amazing Thanksgiving present — canceling their debt to ruthless bankers trying to toss them out …
Key Coordinator of Detainee Policy Quits
A key official in the Obama administration's effort to remake detention policy and close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay has resigned. Phillip Carter, who was appointed deputy …
Kentucky Court: No Executions Until Death Penalty Process Changed
Frankfurt - Kentucky may not execute anyone until it adopts regulations in compliance with the law, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court ruling came in the case …
North Carolina Lawmakers Ask for Probe of Blue Cross Advocacy Against Public Option
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina recently sent out mailers asking its customers for help lobbying against a public insurance option - and its controversial actions are now …
Elizabeth Warren Warns: Taxpayers Are “Involuntary Investors” in “Shaky” Banks, Risk-Taking Firms
As financial reforms face new delays in Congress, the chair of the Congressional oversight panel on the TARP program, Elizabeth Warren, told Truthout Tuesday that the nation's financial institutions …
US Will Not Join Treaty Banning Landmines
Washington - President Barack Obama has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines because a policy review found the United States could not meet its security commitments …
UK Judges Compare Binyam Mohamed’s Torture to That of Abu Zubaydah
Binyam Mohamed is a British resident, seized in Pakistan in April 2002, who was held in Pakistani custody, supervised by US agents, until July 2002, when he was sent …
For US, Lessons on Women’s Rights From San Francisco
San Francisco - In 1998, San Francisco stepped up and joined the world. Tired of the U.S. government's refusal to ratify The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms …
NOW | Drowning Nations
Desperate efforts to keep climate change from drowning entire nations. Next on “NOW.”
Obama Denounces Mugabe’s Rule, Honors Zimbabwean Women Activists
Boston - President Barack Obama denounced President Robert Mugabe as a “dictator” and said the 85-year-old leader is on the wrong side of history. The U.S. president made the …