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Shadowy Group Behind Attacks on Climate Scientists Handed Setback in Court
The Montana Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling last week and reinstated the state's longstanding ban on direct spending by corporations for or against political candidates.
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California’s Medical Marijuana Morass
We’re riding south out of Northern California’s Humboldt County, pushing 75 miles an hour along the 101 freeway in a tomato-red Toyota Matrix hatchback with a tiny quartz figurine …
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Fleecing the Angry Whites
Since the days of Richard Nixon’s “Southern strategy,” the Republican Party has wooed angry whites with coded messages designed to play to racial prejudices – and that pattern has …
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How College Football Bowls Earn Millions in Profits, but Pay Almost Nothing in Taxes
When Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama meet in tonight’s Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship game in New Orleans, college football’s top prize will be on …
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Justice Department Finally Cuffs Sheriff Joe, but Not the Policy That Made Him
Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America,” will cooperate with the federal government’s demands to clean up his department after a three-year investigation found rampant racial profiling and …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Move Over Greece – Italy Is the New, Biggest Thorn in the Euro Zone
In today's On the News segment: The Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling yesterday banning foreign nationals from meddling in our elections; White House Chief of Staff Bill …
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Danger Waters: The Three Top Hot Spots of Potential Conflict in the Geo-Energy Era
Welcome to an edgy world where a single incident at an energy “chokepoint” could set a region aflame, provoking bloody encounters, boosting oil prices, and putting the global economy …
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Romney Retains Big Lead as New Hampshire Prepares to Vote Tuesday
Manchester, New Hampshire - The race for the Republican presidential nomination has two tiers in this state, which votes Tuesday in the first 2012 primary. Mitt Romney, the former …
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How US Policies Fueled Mexico’s Great Migration (2)
Roberto Ortega tried to make a living slaughtering pigs in Veracruz, Mexico. “In my town, Las Choapas, after I killed a pig, I would cut it up to sell …
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US Agents Aided Mexican Drug Trafficker to Infiltrate His Criminal Ring
Washington — American drug enforcement agents posing as money launderers secretly helped a powerful Mexican drug trafficker and his principal Colombian cocaine supplier move millions in drug proceeds around …