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Pakistani Health Workers Punished for Helping US Find bin Laden
Islamabad - Seventeen local health workers have been fired for their part in a scheme that the CIA orchestrated in an effort to confirm that al Qaida founder Osama …
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As Greece Erupts, BBC’s Paul Mason on “The New Global Revolutions” Over Austerity, Inequality
Greece is bracing for protests after eurozone finance ministers concluded a deal that will provide a $170 billion bailout in return for another round of deep austerity cuts. The …
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Occupy for Prisoners Comes Out Against Mass Incarceration
Occupy For Prisoners demonstration in Harlem, New York, February 19, 2012. (Photo: samglewis) Each time the 100-strong crowd assembled for the national Occupy for Prisoners day roared …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: January Was a Good Month for SuperPACs, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Why Commercial Loans Remain Tough to Get
For 22 years Joy Lang of Jerry’s Flowers in Sister Bay counted on Baylake Bank for her business banking. Each spring she would make the short walk down the …
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Five Key Facts About the Obama Administration’s Corporate Tax Overhaul
The Obama administration today is unveiling an overhaul of the corporate tax code, proposing to lower the top corporate income tax rate while eliminating a host of deductions and …
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Once Again, Speculators Behind Sharply Rising Oil and Gasoline Prices
(Photo: johnwilliamsphd) Washington - U.S. demand for oil and refined products — including gasoline — is down sharply from last year, so much that United States has …
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Spying on Campus: New York Police Caught Monitoring Muslim Student Groups Throughout Northeast
The Associated Press has revealed the New York City Police Department monitored Muslim college students at schools throughout the Northeast, including Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania. In …
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White House Refuses to Release Email From Monsanto-Linked Lobbyist
(Photo: tanzia45) The White House is withholding documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by an environmental group that suspects the Obama administration of working …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: SuperPACS to Blame for Increase in Dirty Campaigning, and More
In today's On the News segment: Euro zone finance ministers signed off on another bailout for Greece today, more than a 1,000 people took to the streets outside the …