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White House Urges Egypt’s Military to Yield Power
Cairo - The White House on Friday threw its weight behind Egypt’s resurgent protest movement, urging for the first time the handover of power by the interim military rulers …

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New Documentary Tracks Cultural Genocide of American Indians
Walter Littlemoon speaks to students at Colorado State University. (Photo courtesy Mike Kalush, The Rocky Mountain Collegian / The Thick Dark Fog) In 1892, US Army …

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What Drugs Was Your Thanksgiving Turkey on?
(Photo: Cyndy Sims Parr / Flickr) So far, 2011 has not been a great year for turkey producers. In May, an article in Clinical Infectious Diseases reported …

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California Company Pulls Plug on Wind Farm, Citing Risk to Birds (2)
(Photo: kqedquest / Flickr) A San Francisco company said it has abandoned plans for a large-scale wind farm near Winters because the turbines could have harmed golden …

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Yemeni Leader Signs a Deal to End His 33-Year Rule
SANA, Yemen — After months of street protests calling for his resignation, President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed an agreement Wednesday that Yemeni officials said immediately transferred power to his …

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NYPD Raid on Occupy’s Zuccotti Park Camp Destroyed Thousands of Books
NEW YORK — What started in September as a few piles of books on a tarp in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, the de facto headquarters of the Occupy Wall Street …

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Tar Sands Oil Producers Eye California
(Photo: Toban Black / Flickr) San Francisco - The Obama Administration’s recent decision to delay the approval process for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline has shifted attention to …

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Gets “Mic-Checked” by the 99 Percent, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news ...

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Are the Arts Irrelevant to the Next Generation?
Are you concerned about the future of the fine arts? New research from Norway suggests you have every right to fret. A study just published in the …

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Protests Continue Despite Deal to Hasten Transition in Egypt
Cairo - The Egyptian military moved Wednesday to end a fifth day of clashes between police and protesters that left at least 31 dead, in a confrontation that has …