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Agent Orange on Okinawa: Buried Evidence?
A former US soldier has identified a busy neighborhood in the Okinawa town of Chatan as the burial site of dozens of barrels of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange. …
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Clear Channel to Replace San Francisco’s Only AM Progressive Talk Station With Glenn Beck and Fox
The only progressive AM radio talk station, Green960-KKGN, in one of the nation's most liberal cities, San Francisco, is being taken off the AM dial by radio behemoth Clear …
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Supreme Court to Consider the Arrest of a Cheney Critic
Washington - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Secret Service agents protecting Vice President Dick Cheney may be sued for violating the free speech rights of …
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Obama to Echo Theodore Roosevelt in a Big Thematic Speech on Tuesday
Washington - Franklin Roosevelt had the New Deal. Harry Truman had the Fair Deal. John Kennedy had the New Frontier. Now President Barack Obama takes his stab at wrapping …
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Social Contract Unravels in Rich Countries as Widening Income Gap Favors Bankers, Executives
According to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, income inequality — which has sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement in the U.S. — is …
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Workers Challenge Big Food
“Farm to fork” may sound like a doctrine for foodies, but for workers in food production struggling for decent jobs, it’s an organizing goal. Workers along the …
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Anti-Abortion Groups Are Split on Legal Tactics
A widening and emotional rift over legal tactics has split the anti-abortion movement, with its longtime leaders facing a Tea Party-like insurrection from many grass-roots activists who are impatient …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The United Nations Weighs In on Police Response to Occupy Protests, and More
In today's On the News segment: The United Nations weighs in on the police response to the Occupy protests, the Republican plan to bankrupt the post office is working, …
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Hundreds of OccupyLA Demonstrators Held for Days Without Charges on $5,000 Bail in Often Deplorable, Illegal and Unconstitutional Conditions
Much of the good will and plaudits earned by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck for their “minimal use of force” tactics employed to clear …
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The Age of Thirst in the American West
Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. New records …