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News in Brief: Quake Hits Japan After Workers in Nuclear Plant Fend Off Explosion, and More
Quake Hits Japan After Workers in Nuclear Plant Fend Off Explosion
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Rush to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears
The starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed. But last year, 98 …
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States Vie for Money from Florida’s Canceled High-Speed Rail Project
Washington - Despite the efforts by Republican lawmakers to scrap President Barack Obama's funding for high-speed rail projects, 24 states have submitted applications for additional money, the Department of …
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Senate Votes Down Effort to Weaken EPA Authority
Washington - The Senate voted Wednesday against a measure that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing new regulations on greenhouse gasses — a move that further …
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If US Government Shuts Down, Some Services Would Continue
(Photo: Tommy Ironic) Washington - Social Security checks would still go out. So would tax payments and refunds for e-filed returns. Soldiers would remain on duty in …
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Former Afghan Lawmaker Joya Says US Soldiers Disregard Lives
A former Afghan lawmaker told an audience of South Sound peace activists Tuesday that photos of Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers grinning over the corpse of a boy they allegedly …
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Scott Walker’s Attorney Says Justice David Prosser Is Vital to Anti-Worker Agenda
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser. (Photo: WisPolitics.com) The success of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-worker agenda is hinging on the outcome of the state Supreme Court …
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News in Brief: Wisconsin Supreme Court Election in Dead Heat, and More
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election in Dead Heat A Wisconsin Supreme Court election that pits a longtime Republican incumbent against a relative unknown has resulted in a tight …
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Mass Incarceration Creates Costly Disaster Across America
Herman Garner doesn’t dispute the drug charge that slammed him in prison for nine years. Garner does dispute the damning circumstance that doing the time for his …
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Opposition Forces Move on Ivory Coast Strongman
Takoradi, Ghana - Opposition forces in Ivory Coast said Wednesday that they had begun an assault to dislodge the nation’s strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, from a bunker under his residence …