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News in Brief: NATO Apologizes for Killing Afghan Children, and More
NATO Apologizes for Killing Afghan Children Gen. David Petraeus, a top NATO commander in the US-led war in Afghanistan, issued a rare apology on Wednesday after nine …
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Education Reforms Unveiled by Duncan, Democratic Senators
Washington - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and a group of Democratic senators this morning embraced a slate of education reforms that move away from rigid testing and …
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How Koch Industries Makes Billions Corrupting Government and Polluting for Free (Part 2)
A protester in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, holds a Koch Industries-controlled marionette of Gov. Scott Walker on February 26, 2011. (Photo: eaghra)
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KBR’s Foreign Contractors at Guantanamo Spared Controversial Anti- Malarial Drug Given to Detainees
The detention center at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in an Oct. 4, 2007 file photo. Harsh interrogation techniques there have drawn fire. (Photo: Todd Heisler / …
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News in Brief: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Baptist Church, and More
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Baptist Church
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Libyan Rebels Said to Repulse Mercenary Attack
Opposition fighters attend their first day of training at an overtaken military base in Benghazi, Libya, March 1, 2011. (Photo: Lynsey Addario / The New York Times) …
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Asked If Bank of America Paying Nothing in Corporate Taxes Is Fair, Pawlenty Responds: Taxes Are “Too High“
Last weekend, Americans around the country organized “Main Street Movement” protests to stand in solidarity with organized labor and demand that corporate interests pay their fair share. As ThinkProgress …
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Davis Arrest Throws US Undercover Campaign in Pakistan Into Disarray
The ongoing case of Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor facing murder charges in Lahore for the execution-style slaying of two apparent agents of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, is …
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Lawsuit Filed Against BP Compensation Czar
Tampa, Florida - A first-of-its-kind lawsuit alleging gross negligence and fraud has been filed in a Florida state court against Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the 20-billion-dollar compensation fund …
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Up Against the Open Shop – the Hidden Story of Silicon Valley’s High-Tech Workers
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