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Reckoning Time for Lawbreaking Utilities on Coal Ash?
Sue Sturgis breaks down the numbers in the latest coal ash dumping incidents.
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Questions Remain About US Border Patrol’s Killing of Teen
At least 21 people have died in confrontations with Border Patrol agents, often out of sight of witnesses or fellow agents, in the past four years.
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Anti-Gay Law Will Be Overturned Say Uganda’s Campaigners
Human rights campaigners who filed a recent legal petition against Uganda's draconian anti-gay law believe that they have a compelling case for its nullification.
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A Stillborn Child, a Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on “Fetal Harm“
Rennie Gibbs, a 16 year old in Mississippi when she gave birth to a stillborn child, is facing life in prison for taking cocaine during her pregnancy. Hers is …
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Oakland Agrees to $4.5 million Settlement for Wounded Occupy Protester
The Marine Corps veteran who suffered brain damage after being shot in the head with a lead-filled beanbag by an Oakland Police Department officer during the 2011 Occupy protests …
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Massachusetts Senate Votes for Childbirth Without Chains
The bill unanimously passed by the Massachusetts Senate prohibits shackling during labor and delivery and sets minimum standards for pregnancy-related care for people in prisons.
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Obama’s Drones Made Simple
Among those targeted and killed by drones have been United States citizens.
From Tacoma to Texas, Hunger Strikers Challenge Migrant Jails
A hunger strike at a private GEO Group migrant jail in Tacoma, Washington, has spread to another in Texas.
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Residents Still Not Drinking Tap Water Two Months After West Virginia Spill
Shaghayegh Tajvidi travels to Charleston to investigate the impacts of the massive West Virginia chemical spill.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Koch Brothers Spent More Money Than the Top 10 Unions Combined, and More
In today's On the News segment: In the 2012 elections, the Koch brothers spent more money than the top ten unions combined; the gamblers on Wall Street raked in $26.7 …