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Attorney General of N.Y. Is Said to Face Pressure on Bank Foreclosure Deal
Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York, has come under increasing pressure from the Obama administration to drop his opposition to a wide-ranging state settlement with banks …
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Republicans to Oppose Tax Cut for Working People
Tax cuts have become the panacea of conservative economic thinking, but curiously, the AP reports Republicans are now lining up to raise taxes on nearly half of all Americans. …
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Blacks & Hispanics More Concerned Over Children’s Health
Michigan - The top 10 children’s health concerns among people of all races include childhood obesity, drug abuse, and smoking and teen pregnancy, according to a recent poll by …
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Censorship’s Deadly Crossroads in San Francisco
Hill was homeless and also thought to have had unaddressed mental health problems. Initially Hill was suspected to have been intoxicated at the time, but unarmed. Since the …
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Mystery of Qaddafi’s Whereabouts Looms Large in Conflict’s Endgame
He has exalted himself as the “brother leader” of Libya, the dean of Arab rulers and the king of kings of Africa. On Monday, though, he was the autocrat …
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Months After Tainted Elections, Afghan Panel Seeks Ouster of Nine
Kabul, Afghanistan - After months of controversy over the last year's tainted elections, an independent Afghan commission announced Sunday that nine members of Parliament will lose their seats and …
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Rick Perry Moves to the Right on Immigration
Immigration advocates in Texas were heartened last year when the Republican governor, Rick Perry, flatly stated that Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants "would not be the right direction for …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans in Congress Work to Strip Wall Street Reform, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Billionare Koch Responds to Buffet, Refuses Call for Shared Sacrifice
America’s current tax system forces people making $50,000 a year to pay a higher rate than hedge fund managers making $2.4 million an hour. Warren Buffett penned an op-ed …
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Assad Says He Rejects West’s Calls to Resign
Beirut, Lebanon - President Bashar al-Assad of Syria dismissed American and European calls for him to step down as “meaningless” on Sunday, and he declared that Syria’s ailing economy …