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US Awash in Oil and Lies, Report Charges
Uxbridge, Canada - With four times as many oil rigs pumping domestic oil today than eight years ago and declining domestic demand, the United States is awash in oil. …
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Beyond PTSD: Soldiers Have Injured Souls
(Photo: United States Marine Corps / Flickr) John Fisher got his soul back when he visited a cemetery in Greece. Shelley Corteville felt “rocketed” …
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China Benefits as US Solar Industry Withers
Workers at Sun Zone Solar Power Inc., in Changsha, China, on September 3, 2010. (Photo: Timothy O'Rourke / The New York Times) Hong Kong - The bankruptcies …
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Files Note Close CIA Ties to Qaddafi Spy Unit
Walid Musbah, a self-proclaimed fighter loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi, in the custody of rebels near Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound, in Tripoli, Libya, Sept. 2, 2011. (Photo: Moises Saman …
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US Files Suit Against Big Banks Over Mortgages
Federal regulators filed suit on Friday against more than a dozen leading banks, seeking billions in compensation for huge losses suffered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on mortgage-backed …
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Obama Pulls Back Proposal to Tighten Clean Air Rules
Washington — The Obama administration is abandoning its plan to immediately tighten air-quality rules nationwide to reduce emissions of smog-causing chemicals after an intense lobbying campaign by industry, which …
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Regulations, Taxes Aren’t Killing Small Business, Owners Say
Washington - Politicians and business groups often blame excessive regulation and fear of higher taxes for tepid hiring in the economy. However, little evidence of that emerged when McClatchy …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Twenty-Five Percent of Money Raised by Romney Came Straight From the Banksters, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Turkey Expels Israeli Ambassador Over Flotilla Raid
Ankara, Turkey — Turkey said on Friday that it was downgrading its diplomatic and military ties with Israel and expelling its ambassador in a display of anger at Israel’s …
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Rebels Yank Open Gates of Infamous Libyan Prison, Seeking Clues to a Massacre
Tripoli, Libya - The liberators of Abu Salim prison came swinging sledgehammers. The inmates flashed victory signs, locks fell, a crowd cheered and the doors swung open. …