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For the Governor of Vermont, a Crash Course in Disaster Management
Pittsfield, Vermont - After helicoptering into this flood-ravaged town and delivering a pep talk to residents who had been stranded for three days and counting, Gov. Peter Shumlin asked …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Boehner Rejects Obama’s Request for a Joint Session of Congress, and More
In today's On the News segment: Speaker of the House John Boehner made history yesterday by rejecting a presidential request for a joint session of Congress, Michigan Republican Gov. …
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California Clinic Puts Smile on Community Care
Ravenswood Family Health Clinic from New America Media on Vimeo.
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Legislature in California Set to Pass a Dream Act
Los Angeles - The California Legislature is poised to pass a law that would allow illegal immigrants to receive state-financed aid for college. Known as the California Dream Act, …
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Iraqi Children in US Raid Shot in Head, UN Says
A U.S. diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks provides evidence that U.S. troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant, …
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The Trials of Joe McGinniss
(Image: JR / Truthout) On May 24, 2010, Palin posted a photo on Facebook she called, "Just When Ya Think It Can't Get Any More ‘Interesting’ ... …
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Perry’s Iowa Remarks Reveal Republican Strategy on Social Security
The media have portrayed Governor Rick Perry’s description of Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme” at a recent Iowa campaign event as the latest extreme statement of an unconventionally …
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Department of Justice Moves to Block AT&T Merger With T-Mobile
The Justice Department sued on Wednesday to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile, a deal that would create the largest carrier in the country and reshape the …
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With 595 Arrested, Pipeline Protests Heat Up
It is now day 11 of the protests in Washington, DC, against the Keystone XL pipeline, and according to Tar Sands Action, 595 people have been arrested so far …
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Fukushima Crisis: Caldicott Says Evacuate North-West Japan
The confusing crisis Last Friday came the alarming news from Japan’s nuclear agency that the amount of radioactive cesium that has so-far leaked from the tsunami ravaged …