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Police Use Batons to Clear Occupy Berkeley Camps (Video)
Police resorted to violence and arrested 39 Occupy movement protesters on the University of California at Berkeley campus on Wednesday as they attempted to dismantle “Occupy Cal” encampments. Videos …
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US to Delay Decision on Pipeline Until After Election
Washington - The Obama administration is preparing to delay a decision on the contested Keystone XL pipeline while it studies an alternate route, effectively pushing any action past the …
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Social Justice Groups Engage Occupy Movement
Social justice organizations in the Bay Area are joining forces with the Occupy movements in Oakland and San Francisco. Local nonprofits that have been advocating for …
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Scientist Who Testified in Support of Mining Around the Grand Canyon Stands to Make $225,000 From It
As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, Republican members of Congress have been waging a war to open 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon to uranium mining. Last week Secretary of …
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Microsoft Funds Koch’s Climate-Denying Tea Party Conference
Microsoft Corporation, which argues that climate pollution requires a “comprehensive and global response,” is sponsoring the Koch brothers’ Tea Party convention taking place in Washington, DC. Microsoft is a …
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IAEA’s “Soviet Nuclear Scientist” Never Worked on Weapons
Washington - The report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published by a Washington think tank Tuesday repeated the sensational claim previously reported by news media all over …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Another Violent Police Crackdown May Be Looming in Oakland, and More
In today's On the News segment: Another violent police crackdown may be looming in Oakland, Rick Perry's hope of winning the presidency was dashed in last night’s CNBC Republican …
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Greece Selects Former European Central Bank Official for New Prime Minister
Athens - Lucas Papademos, a respected economist with an avuncular style, was named prime minister of Greece on Thursday. He will lead a unity government that has pledged to …
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Ninety-Nine Percent Protests Against Bush and Cheney Indicate That Movement Is Not Forgetting Foreign Policy
On Friday, former President George W. Bush will be speaking at the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm …
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Parks Chief Blocked Plan for Grand Canyon Bottle Ban
Weary of plastic litter, Grand Canyon National Park officials were in the final stages of imposing a ban on the sale of disposable water bottles in the Grand Canyon …