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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obamacare Website Glitches Keeps Hundreds from Enrolling; and More
In today's On the News segment: According to Moody's analytical expert Mark Zandi, constant economic brinkmanship is putting our economy at risk; gay marriage is now legal in 14 states …

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Vast Corruption in Information Technology Contracts in Spotlight as CityTime Trial Begins in NYC
Private consultants are accused of siphoning tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks from the scandal-ridden $700 million CityTime payroll project.

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Federal Reserve in Uncharted Territory
Global Economist, Yilmaz Akyuz, on the Crisis of Financial Crisis Management.

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SEC Files Charges in Magnetar Deal
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an asset manager with fraud for its role in one of the most notorious groups of mortgage securities deals behind the financial …

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Months After Fierce Opposition to Fare Hikes, Brazil’s Protests Are Evolving
While the right wing forces couldn't overwhelm the protests, their emergence nonetheless revealed the demonstrationsu2019 uncertain path.

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Protectors vs. Destroyers – Canadians Unite to Stop Fracking in New Brunswick
For the past two weeks, an unprecedented coalition of Acadians, Anglophones and members of the Elsipogtog First Nation have blockaded a compound in the Canadian town of Rexton, New …

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Gulf Ecosystem in Crisis Three Years After BP Spill
Three years after well blowout, declining seafood catches and deformities point to an environment in distress.Three years after well blowout, declining seafood catches and deformities point to an environment …

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A Fascist Revival Stirs in Spain
Some elected Popular Party officials and party militants are openly making the Nazi salute, proudly displaying fascist flags and other memorabilia, and posting pro-Franco messages on social media sites.

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Berta Cáceres Is Still Alive
In the face of escalating repression, Honduran indigenous groups are standing against transnational plunder.

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Seven Horrifying Things About the Chicken You Eat
Many people eat only chicken to avoid the health and environmental questions surrounding red meat. Yet the track record of US chicken may be worse.