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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Block Early Voting in Ohio
The justices without comment turned down an emergency appeal filed by GOP Secretary of State Jon Husted.
Appeals Court Tosses Out Conviction of Osama Bin Laden’s Driver
At trial, there was no evidence that he knew in advance of the 9/11 attacks.
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Here Is What’s Happening at the Bain-Owned Auto Parts Manufacturer Sensata
Despite his rhetoric in the first presidential debate about getting
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Class-Action Lawsuit Alleges Rigging of Libor Upped Homeowners’ Mortgage Repayments, and More
In today's On the News segment: Japanese company's looming purchase of 70 percent of Sprint will be largest ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company, and more.
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$950,000 Win for NYC Workers Invigorates Supply-Chain-Justice Movement
Even as unions decline, low-wage laborers are getting creative and winning major victories for working people.
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Last-Ditch Bid in Texas to Try to Stop Oil Pipeline
As bulldozers and diggers churn up a 50-foot-wide path for the pipeline a small group of environmental activists have taken to the towering trees in its way.
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Punishing Free Speech and Letting Murder Off the Hook: Justice Denied in Missouri
In US District Court in Jefferson City, Missouri, two anti-drone protestors were sentenced for trespassing at Whiteman Air Force Base.
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Arlen Specter, Longtime GOP Senate Moderate, Dies at 82
Specter, the irascible senator from Pennsylvania, was at the center of many of the Senateu2019s most divisive legal battles.
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Taxpayers Spend Millions on Valley Fever in Prisons
Californians are locked into contributing to the cost of treating state inmates sickened by valley fever.
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Frackademia: Controversial SUNY Buffalo Shale Institute’s Reputation Unraveling
Cuts have created new opportunities for the shale gas industry to fill a funding vacuum, with the SUNY system's coffers hollowed out and starved for cash.