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Spotlight Durban: Durban’s Climate Zombie Tripped by Dying Carbon Markets
Looking back now that the dust has settled, South Africa’s COP17 presidency appears disastrous. This was confirmed not only by Durban’s delayed, diplomatically-decrepit denouement, but by plummeting carbon markets …
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Adobe’s Cloudware Announcement Stirs Pricing and Privacy Concerns
Adobe Corporation, these are two words that every contemporary photographer, architect, artist and designer knows well. And it would not be an understatement to describe Adobe’s suite of …
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Children’s “Wish for the Holidays” – Keep Our Families Together
Izamar is asking Congress for one holiday wish: to keep her family together. The18-year-old from Waukegan, Ill., is facing a daughter’s worst nightmare: the prospect of …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: 14,000 US Deaths Linked to Fukushima Fallout
Thom Hartmann here – on the news ...
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Why Is the Media Lying About New NDAA Power for Indefinite Military Detention of Americans?
At some point a sideshow to a story becomes so painfully obvious that it becomes the story, and this now should be: Why is the media taking such pains …
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Can a Montana Program to Reduce Veteran Suicide Succeed at the National Level?
(Photo: Cpl. Joseph DiGirolamo / Flickr) As America closes out its mission in Iraq, the Pentagon is gearing up to provide hundreds of thousands of returning soldiers …
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Under Romney, Bain Capital Made Millions from South Carolina Business That Shut Down, Laid Off 150 Workers
In a wayward attempt to rebrand himself as a middle-class hero, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is running headlong into his history with Bain Capital. Not only does the …
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As Violence Continues, Egyptian General Blames Protesters
Cairo - After four days of street fighting with protesters that has left 13 people dead, Egypt’s military rulers faced calls on Monday from the United States, the United …
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Feinstein Earmark Quietly Paves Way for Easier Water Sales
Washington - Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein quietly used a $915 billion spending bill to accomplish a long-standing and, in some circles, controversial goal of easing Central Valley water sales. …
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Kim Jong-il’s Enigmatic Young Son Steps Forward, or Seems To
Tokyo — With the abrupt death of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, the fate of his isolated, nuclear-armed regime has dropped into the hands of his youngest son, …