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Security Checks, Duty-Free Shops and … Beehives?
Beekeepers are using empty public land around Seattle-Tacoma Airport to breed and distribute healthier strains of honeybees.
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Pacific Ocean Floor Is a Huge Underwater Garbage Dump
A paper by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shows that trash is accumulating in the deep sea, particularly in Monterey Canyon, off the coast of California.
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Hints That NSA Is Building Massive, Pervasive Surveillance Capability
Evidence shows the NSA can and may already be preserving billions of communications in powerful digital databases.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Administration Delays Major Provision of the Affordable Care Act, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Obama administration has delayed a provision of the Affordable Care Act related to businesses with over 50 employees that would have been …
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Egypt’s Military Eyes Return as Unprecedented Millions of Protesters Flood the Streets
Millions of Egyptians took to the streets Sunday demanding that President Mohamed Morsi step down immediately in what one military source called
Pro-Choice Activists Flood Texas Capitol in Round Two of Abortion Overhaul Battle
The anti-abortion bill that fell to Wendy Davis's filibuster last week heads to House floor.
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Hints Surface That NSA Building Massive, Pervasive Surveillance Capability
Despite U.S. intelligence officialsu2019 repeated denials that the National Security Agency is collecting the content of domestic emails and phone calls, evidence is mounting that the agencyu2019s vast surveillance …
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Egypt’s Military Eyes Return as Unprecedented Millions of Protesters Flood the Streets
Squares across the country were overwhelmed by the scale of popular participation and energy, which some say represented possibly the largest political assembly in world history.
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Deathtraps Have Got to Go: Chicago Day of Action
Labor activists attempted to deliver a message to the GAP that, in case they didn't know, the pressure is on.
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Does ALEC Want You to Work Even if You’re Sick?
Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill suppressing ‘living wage’ and paid sick-leave policies for Florida workers.