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“I’m Getting Arrested” App Aims to Help Drivers
(Photo: steefafa) Phoenix - A group of pro-immigrant rights activists in Arizona aim to develop a smartphone application that would help immigrants notify friends, family and their …
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How Public Sector Layoffs Are Holding Back the Recovery
Jim Unland, the president of a local police association, in San Jose, California, February 7, 2012. San Jose, a growing city in the heart of Silicon Valley, has had …
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Confusion Surrounds Federal Review of Southern Leg of Keystone XL
TransCanada's decision last week to build the southern half of the rejected Keystone XL has raised a tricky question about who will regulate the project review. The …
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Waffle House Executive Pushes Georgia Anti-Picketing Law That Would Put Founding Fathers in Jail
To many in the South, Waffle House is a family-friendly restaurant that serves up some of the best grits and hashbrowns around. But behind that iconic sunny yellow sign …
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The Kazakhstan Massacre: Killing Hope to Benefit US Geopolitical Interests
Railroad tanker cars wait on a siding in the Tengiz oil field in western Kazakhstan. (Photo: Viktor Korotayev / The New York Times) December 16, 2011, should …
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After a Decade, Afghan Forces Don’t Trust Americans
Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghan soldiers and police say the recent burning of Qurans by U.S. personnel has seriously undermined their trust in their American counterparts, suggesting that the decade-long …
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Economy Continued Strong Jobs Growth in February
After a stretch of economic expansion so weak that Main Street struggled to detect any improvement, three consecutive months of solid employment growth have begun to lift the mood …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Keystone XL Shot Down Again, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. Rejected! Democrats in the Senate yesterday beat back an attempt by Republicans to have the Keystone XL …
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Five Million Voters May Lose Rights in the 2012 Elections
Today’s Super Tuesday primary involves 10 states and 437 delegates at stake for the Republican Party’s presidential prospects. There are two states among that crop that are worth taking …
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Undernutrition and Overnutrition: Who’s Feeding Whom?
We live in a world today where one billion people– that is one in every seven people on the planet – are undernourished. At the same time, more than …