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Poll: California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Ballot Initiative to Label GMO Foods
The ballot initiative, known as Proposition 37, is supported by 61 percent of registered voters and opposed by 25 percent of voters.
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Keystone XL: Nebraska Landowners Sue Governor, but Case May Not Get Heard
Landowners say pipeline siting law violates the Constitution. State says suit should be thrown out because landowners have no right to make the challenge.
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All Charges From Occupy Chicago Mass Arrests at “The Horse” Dismissed
The case in City of Chicago v. Tieg Alexander et. al. argues that the city arbitrarily enforced its curfew because of the content of the protesters' speech.
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Revised Labor Department Figures Find an Extra 386,000 Jobs
In its annual revision to its employment data,Labor Department reported 386,000 more jobs were created than it originally had reported.
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Revolution Becomes Reality in Spain
In polls, Spaniards rate the political class as their third highest concern, only after unemployment and the economic crisis.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Julian Assange Addressed the UN on Wednesday, and More
In today's On the News segment: Commonwealth court judge Robert Simpson will hear arguments on Pennsylvania's controversial Voter Suppression ID law, the mask is slipping off the National Federation …
Governor Brown Signs Human Right to Water Bill
Governor Jerry Brown yesterday signed historic legislation establishing a state policy that every Californian has a human right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible drinking water.
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Strikes at Walmart Warehouses Expose Threats in Supply Chain
Warehouse Workers United picket in Southern California. Theirs was the first of two strikes against Walmart warehouses in one week.
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Wells Fargo Courts Latinos While Investing in Private Prisons That Profit From Detaining Immigrants: Report Calls for Bank to Break Ties
This cycle involves profiting from the detention of vulnerable immigrant communities by understaffing the prisons and cutting costs so that basic food and medical needs are not met. The …
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Democratic Senators Want a Stop to Arctic Drilling
Problems on the Arctic Challenger has caused Shell to give up for the year on drilling for oil in the Arctic waters off Alaska.