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Florida Bill Would Make Abortion a Felony With A Maximum Sentence of Life in Prison
Florida state Rep. Charles Van Zant (R) is starting 2012 with yet another radical effort to ban all abortions in the state unless the woman’s life is in danger. …
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Attacks on Shiites in Iraq Kill at Least 60
Baghdad - Insurgents unleashed a fierce string of bombings against Iraq’s Shiites on Thursday, attacking pilgrims marching through the desert and neighborhoods in Baghdad in an attempt to stir …
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Oaxaca’s New Government Calls for Migrant Rights
Oaxaca, Mexico - The Oaxacan Institute for the Care of Migrants (known by its Spanish acronym, IOAM) and its director, Rufino Dominguez, called for a new era of respect …
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New York City Council Votes Against Corporate Personhood, Citizens United
Missoula, Montana; Boulder, Colorado; and South Miami, Florida, have all done it, but you know it's really catching on when the Big Apple jumps on board. The New York …
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Obama to Make Recess Appointment for Head of New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Washington - President Barack Obama today will announce the recess appointment of his choice to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a pitched battle with congressional …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Even While European Economy Suffers, Germany Is Surging, and More
Transcript: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Bachmann Says She Will Not Continue in the Race
On the morning before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota said she was counting on a “miracle” to resurrect her faltering campaign. On the morning after, …
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Pipeline Inspector-Turned Whistleblower Calls Keystone XL a Potential “Disaster“
By forcing the White House to make a decision on the politically and environmentally-toxic Keystone XL pipeline as part of an agreement reached in December to extend the payroll …
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Iowans Collected More Federal Benefits Than They Paid in Federal Taxes
The Iowa caucus officially takes place tonight, followed by the New Hampshire primary next week, the first two steps in the GOP’s selection of a presidential candidate. While the …
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Obama to Make Recess Appointment for Head of New Consumer Protection Agency
President Obama will challenge Senate Republican foes of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by naming Richard Cordray as its director while Congress is out of town, according …