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Banks Find Extra Money to Hire Lobbyists in DC
The money banks spend on lobbying is on pace to reach a record high again this year as the industry battles to weaken or repeal hundreds of rules being …
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Bangladesh Demands Climate Justice
Dhaka - Mosammet Monwara walks more than three km every alternate day to fetch water for her family of five in a heavy earthen pitcher. She …
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News Organizations Complain About Treatment During Protests
A cross-section of 13 news organizations in New York City lodged complaints on Monday about the New York Police Department’s treatment of journalists covering the Occupy Wall Street movement. …
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Perry Calls for No-Fly Zone In Syria, Would Act Unilaterally Without UN Authorization
Texas Gov. Rick Perry hasn’t said much about Libya on the presidential campaign trail but he did call Muammar Qaddafi’s death last month “good news for the people of …
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Israel Preparing for Day When It Has No Relations with Egypt
Jerusalem - The surreptitious departure of Israel's ambassador from Egypt on Tuesday symbolized to many Israeli officials the new state of affairs between the neighboring countries. Yitzhak …
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Oregon Governor Says He Will Block Executions
Gov. John Kitzhaber of Oregon on Tuesday said he would halt the execution of a death row inmate scheduled for next month and that he would allow no more …
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North Carolina Lawmakers Take a One-Sided Look at Fracking
A group of North Carolina lawmakers is in Pennsylvania today on a fact-finding mission about the controversial method of extracting natural gas known as fracking — and their tour …
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Gingrich’s Latest Social Security Scheme: Privatize the Program, Then Bail Out Bad Investors
2012 GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich today released his latest big idea: a return to Bush-style Social Security privatization. Gingrich has been quite vocal in his support for privatized …
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Whistleblowers Ignored, Punished by Lenders, Say Dozens of Former Employees
Darcy Parmer ran into trouble soon after she started her job as a fraud analyst at Wells Fargo Bank. Her bosses, she later claimed, were upset that she was, …
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FBI Claims It Does Not Have Any Documents on Occupy Wall Street
Horse-mounted police officers stand guard as Occupy Wall Street protesters stage a demonstration on the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: Michael Appleton / The New …