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Perry’s Tax Plan Would Be a Boon for the Wealthy, Study Says
West Des Moines, Iowa - Rick Perry's proposed optional flat tax would be a windfall for wealthier Americans, giving millionaires an average tax cut of $637,418, according to an …
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Nashville Reporter Tapes His Own Arrest, Records Apparent Police Misconduct as Peaceful Protesters Detained
State troopers, on orders from Gov. Bill Haslam (R-TN), have repeatedly conducted nighttime raids on the Occupy Nashville encampment outside of the state capitol. During the raid at 2:30 …
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Regulators Investigating MF Global for Missing Money
Federal regulators have discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money has gone missing from MF Global in recent days, prompting an investigation into the brokerage firm, …
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Uncle Sam Helps Out With Student Loan Debt
Kansas City - Mallory Anthony laughs as she describes herself as "the face of student loan debt in America." But the 26-year-old woman who owes about $32,000 …
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In Central Park, Snow That Collected on Still-Leafy Branches Fells Even Hardy Trees
The storm struck trees of all ages and sizes in Central Park: oaks and elms outside the boathouse, birches and dogwoods near Belvedere Castle, magnolias and mulberries beside the …
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Cantor Rakes In Wall Street Donations While Calling Occupy Protesters a “Mob“
When the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations first gained some national prominence, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) derided the protesters as a “mob,” saying, “Believe it or not, some …
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UNESCO Approves Palestinian Membership; US, Israel Suspend Funding in Response
Paris - Palestine became the 195th full member of Unesco on Monday, as the United Nations organization defied a threatened cutoff of American funds under federal legislation from the …
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Keeping It Clean: Maine’s Fight for Fair Elections (2)
Eleven years ago, a waitress named Deb Simpson was elected to Maine’s state legislature—one of 116 candidates to run that year under the state’s newly implemented Clean Elections Act, …
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National Radio Project Speaks to Truthout’s Mike Ludwig About Ohio’s GOP-Funded Anti-Union Campaign
Campaign finance reports were due in Ohio last Thursday, and labor groups supporting a repeal of Senate Bill 5, a bill that would strip public workers of collective bargaining …
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Financial Records Suggest Cain Campaign Received Illegal Corporate Funding
As campaign reporters react to Politico’s bombshell allegation that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain sexually harassed two former employees, Daniel Bice reveals potentially groundbreaking financial records suggesting the the …