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Deal Reached on Contested Afghan Night Raids
101st Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook helcopter door gunners survey the ground during a night flight June 26, 2009 in southern Afghanistan. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Sadie Bleistein) Kabul, Afghanistan …
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Shale Shocked: “Remarkable Increase” In U.S. Earthquakes “Almost Certainly Manmade“
A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America's heartland appears to be linked to oil and natural gas drilling operations. As …
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Welfare Limits Left Poor Adrift as Recession Hit
Phoenix — Perhaps no law in the past generation has drawn more praise than the drive to "end welfare as we know it," which joined the late-'90s economic boom …
Survivors Tell of Bloody Aftermath of Continued Fighting in Syria
Hatay, Turkey - Wounded Syrians being treated in hospitals here are providing detailed accounts of a bloody battle for the town of Taftanaz in northern Syria earlier this week …
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The US War on Drug Cartels in Mexico Is a Deadly Failure
(Photo: Mark Karlin) The Official Story From the US State Department On March 29, 2012, William R. Brownfield, US assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics …
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Meet the ALEC Staffers Who Help Corporations Write Our Laws
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the most powerful corporate front group you’ve never heard of. The group, sponsored by some of America’s largest corporations, writes legislation that …
Enlisting Michelle Obama – and the American Public – to Stop War on Iran
On Friday, March 30, First Lady Michelle Obama received an unusual request at her San Francisco fundraiser. Instead of “Can I have a picture with you?,” one major donor …
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Scientists: Increase in US Earthquakes Almost Certainly Manmade
A seismograph monitoring an earthquake. (Photo: Bill McKay / Flickr)A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America’s heartland appears to be …
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Limits on Lobbyists as Hosts?
Guests ride an escalator to a Romney fundraiser at the JW Marriott in Washington, Feb. 9, 2012. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / The New York Times)Washington - Tough new limits …
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Chancellor Asks California Community College to Hold Off on 2-Tier Tuition Plan
Los Angeles - The chancellor of the California community college system has requested that Santa Monica College hold off on its plan to begin offering popular courses for a …