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Jury Finds Blagojevich Guilty of Corruption
Former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich leaves court at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, June 27, 2011. (Photo: Amanda Rivkin / The New York Times) Chicago …

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Wisconsin GOP Defunds Planned Parenthood, Denying Preventative Health Care to at Least 12,000 Women
Yesterday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a budget that cuts funding for Planned Parenthood, after pushing the measure through the state Legislature without a single Democratic vote. Planned …

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Bank Errors Continue to Cause Wrongful Foreclosures
Four years into the foreclosure crisis, banks say they've made major improvements in how they handle struggling homeowners. They've promised, for example, not to foreclose on homeowners who are …

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Nebraska Nuclear Danger Gets Worse, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…

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Across Europe, Irking Drivers Is Urban Policy
While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly …

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Violent Video Game Ban
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down California's ban on the sale of violent video games to minors. In a ruling closely watched by other states and …

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EPA Fracking Study to Focus on Five States – but Not Wyoming
The Environmental Protection Agency will focus its national study of hydraulic fracturing on seven areas in five states but will exclude the two Wyoming gas fields where agency researchers …

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Bradley Manning Contingents Show Up at Pride Parades
Even as he sits in a Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, jail, Bradley Manning was not forgotten at LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) pride parades across the country this past …

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Hague Court Issues Warrant for Qaddafi for War Crimes
Paris - The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants on Monday for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam and his chief of intelligence, Abdullah Senussi …

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Former Khmer Rouge Leaders Go on Trial in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - The four surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge went on trial Monday, more than three decades after the collapse of a government that caused the …