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Wisconsin’s Recall Drama Down to Nail-Biting Finish
Wisconsin's recall is, as reporter John Nichols put it, the kind of “renegade politics” that are disdained by the national Democratic party and even some state Democrats. It is …
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Merrill Losses Were Withheld Before Bank of America Deal
Days before Bank of America shareholders approved the bank's $50 billion purchase of Merrill Lynch in December 2008, top bank executives were advised that losses at the investment firm …
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Wisconsin Recall Campaign Spending Tops $60 Million
Wisconsin voters will go to polls on Tuesday for a special recall election after enduring one of the most grandiose campaign seasons in the state's history.
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Soaring Costs Plague California Nuclear Plant Shut Down By Leak
While investigators examine the steam generator damage that has forced the months-long outage at California's San Onofre nuclear power plant, the cost of the shutdown and any necessary repairs …
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Florida Official Behind Gov. Rick Scott’s Voter Purge Linked to $1 Billion Campaign Effort Against Obama
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice asked officials in Florida to suspend the controversial voter purge conducted by Gov. Rick Scott's (R) administration, citing possible violations of voting …
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Massey WV Coal Battle Take Two: Erie, Colorado Citizens Fight Fracking
Erie, CO meet Naoma, WV. Though seemingly different battles over different ecologically hazardous extractive processes — hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for unconventional gas versus mountaintop removal for coal — the …
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Ending Lockout, Teamsters Wrap Agreement With Sotheby’s
Teamster art handlers voted to settle their dispute with Sotheby's yesterday, ending a 10-month lockout that became a symbol of Occupy Wall Street's fight against the austerity agenda of …
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Verdict Revives Egyptian Anger
Cairo - If the life sentences for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and one of his key allies were meant to placate Egyptians, they have had the opposite effect. …
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Microphone Grabbed Out of Hands of Reporter Questioning Honeywell CEO
For the last two years, I have covered union busting efforts by Honeywell, their close connections to President Obama and how federal agencies have assisted Honeywell in three different …
The Occupied Amendment: Rep. Ted Deutch on Banning Corporate Campaign Money
In December Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) joined with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to introduce the OCCUPIED constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United campaign finance decision. It stands for