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Paterno Was Paid Off Even as Scandal Played Out
Mr. Paterno was to be paid $3 million at the end of the 2011 season if he agreed it would be his last.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Study Shows Two-Thirds of Americans Want the Government to Act on Climate Change, and More
In today's On the News segment:Â According to a new Washington Post/Stanford University poll, 6-in-10 Americans believe in climate change, and two-thirds of Americans think the government needs to do …
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States Have Enacted 39 New Abortion Restrictions This Year Alone
In the first half of 2012, states enacted 95 new provisions related to reproductive health and rights.
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Election Countdown 2012: Independent Voters More Sympathetic to Romney, and More
A day after reports that DNA found at an Occupy Wall Street-affiliated protest had been matched to an unsolved murder case, a law enforcement official said the link was …
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Verizon Wants the “Freedom” to Edit Your Internet
The telecom giant is suing to have the FCC's order thrown out, and one of their legal arguments is raising more than a few eyebrows.
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Connie Mack Chief of Staff Was Paid by Foreign Lobbying Interests, Anti-Chavez Groups
Groups dedicated to creating conflict between the Latin America left and the United States are likely cheering Macku2019s alarmism.
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March of the Unemployed Kicks Off Two Projects in Oakland
The aim is not another New Deal, but something beyond it: class abolition.
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Minnesota Amish vs. Fracking
Does the industry's ongoing land grab clash with the fundamental tenets of the Amish population?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Public Transportation System Is Failing Low-Income Workers, and More
In today's On the News segment: According to a new study by the Brookings Institute u2013 only a quarter of Americans can get to work in less than 90 …
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The GOP’s Redonkulous Alternative to the Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Supreme Courtu2019s affirmation of the Affordable Care Act predictably brought renewed calls from Republicans to restrict medical malpractice litigation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), for instance, …