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Fracking Turns Quiet Tourist Destination Into Industrial Town
SolveClimate News reporter Elizabeth McGowan traveled to Northeastern Pennsylvania in late March to find out how the gas drilling boom is affecting the landscape and the people who call …
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Who’s Killing the Journalists of Honduras?
The small town of San Marco, near Honduras’ western border with El Salvador and Guatemala, has no distinguishing factors that set it apart from the other tiny villages and …
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Deal Reached on Extension of Patriot Act
Washington - Congressional leaders on Thursday reached a deal to extend by four years several statutes that expanded the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s counterterrorism and surveillance powers after the …
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City Worker Bargaining Rights Under Siege in Silicon Valley
(Photo: David Bacon) San Jose, California - Members of the city workers union in San Jose, the capital of California's Silicon Valley, marched May 17 to City …
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Obama Endorses 1967 Borders for Israel
President Barack Obama speaks about the role of the US in the Middle East from the State Department in Washington on May 19, 2011. Obama spoke broadly about the …
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News in Brief: Investigators Blame Massey’s Culture of “Wrongdoing” for Mine Disaster, and More
Investigators Blame Massey's Culture of “Wrongdoing” for Mine Disaster The first investigative report on the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in West Virginia last spring blames …
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IMF Chief Quits in Wake of Charges of Sexual Attack
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured), the leader of the International Monetary Fund, appears in court with his lawyer Benjamin Brafman for an arraignment over allegations that he had sexually assaulted a …
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Report Shows Comcast Violated Conditions of NBC Merger
(Photo: namestartswithj89) Comcast has violated the conditions of its merger with NBC by failing to air certain types of programming as required by the Federal Communications Commission …
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Obama Administration Imposes Sanctions on Syria’s Assad
Setting the stage for a major speech Thursday on changes sweeping the Middle East, President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and six of …
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Single Payer in California?
The national debate over health care can be summed up in a bill being debated in Sacramento. Supporters of Senate Bill 810 say the legislation would be …