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Seven Dead in Oslo From Blasts and Gun Attack
Oslo - Powerful explosions shook central Oslo on Friday afternoon, blowing out the windows of several government buildings, including one housing the office of the Norwegian prime minister. The …

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Murdoch Testimony on Hacking Comes Under New Scrutiny
London - Testimony by James Murdoch about Britain’s phone hacking scandal came under renewed scrutiny on Friday with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that Mr. Murdoch still had “questions …

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Republicans Approve Regulation-Blocking Coal Bill on ALEC’s Wish List
High-resolution aerial survey photograph of the fly-ash sludge spill that resulted in December 2008 when a dike failed at the Kingston, Tennessee, power plant. Over a billion gallons of …

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Who’s Gonna Care for the Aging Boomers? Poor, Immigrant Women
"You can't breathe, you can't sleep," said White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, as she described the stress of worrying about an aging parent who needs assistance, and explained …

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British Panel Says Murdochs Are Blocking Inquiries
A parliamentary panel investigating Britain's spreading phone hacking scandal accused the Murdoch empire on Wednesday of "deliberate attempts" to thwart its investigations. The House of Commons home …

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War Resisters Inject Truth Into Military Recruitment
The setting changes but the scene does not: Men and women in crisply pressed uniforms enter public high schools across the country and cajole the teenagers they meet into …

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Six Ways to Liberate America From Wall Street Rule
New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street. (Photo: kainet) The dominant story of the current political debate is that the government is broke. We can’t afford to pay …

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Fracking at Drinking Water Source for 80,000 Pennsylvanians Raises Alarms
Cynthia Walter, an ecologist at St. Vincent College outside Pittsburgh, gets a lot of emails from local wildlife enthusiasts asking about "this bird" or "that amphibian." But …

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A British Spring?
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to hold an emergency session of Parliament on Wednesday to discuss the growing phone-hacking scandal that has threatened Rupert Murdoch’s media …

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Poverty Women of Albania Continue to Suffer Legal Advocacy Exclusion
As poverty remains a serious plague throughout South Eastern Europe and the Balkans, especially Albania, rural women who have migrated to urban areas are one of the most vulnerable …