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For Iranians Waylaid by Pirates, US to the Rescue
Aboard the fishing vessel al Mulahi, in the Gulf of Oman - Senior Iranian military officials this week bluntly warned an American aircraft carrier that it would confront the …
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Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs
Washington, DC - Benjamin Franklin did it. Henry Ford did it. And American life is built on the faith that others can do it, too: rise from humble origins …
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Fallujah Babies: Birth Defects Blamed on US Weapons
Fallujah, Iraq - While the US military has formally withdrawn from Iraq, doctors and residents of Fallujah are blaming weapons like depleted uranium and white phosphorous used during two …
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Matt Damon and Mother Reject Union’s Award Over Teach for America Controversy
The actor Matt Damon and his mother, a professor of education, on Wednesday turned down the opportunity for an award from the country’s largest teachers union after reading an …
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Santorum to Mother of Cancer Survivor: Sick to Blame for Pre-Existing Conditions Should Be Charged More
During a town hall in Keene, New Hampshire this morning, Rick Santorum told a mother whose son survived cancer that people with pre-existing conditions should pay more for health …
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On the News with Thom Hartmann: Public Sector Layoffs Nibbling Away at Employment Recovery, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Haiti: Seven Places Where Earthquake Money Did and Did Not Go
Haiti, a close neighbor of the US with over nine million people, was devastated by earthquake on January 12, 2010. Hundreds of thousands were killed and many more wounded. …
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Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO
Former Prime Minister Rasmussen. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr) A scandal unfolding in Denmark over the transfer of Iraqi prisoners by Danish forces to Iraq authorities, …
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Explosion in Syrian Capital Leaves 25 People Dead
Beruit - A bomb tore through a densely populated neighborhood in Damascus on Friday, killing 25 people and wounding dozens more in the second attack in the Syrian capital …
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Two Ex-Scott Walker Staffers Arrested in Ongoing Investigation
An expansive “John Doe” corruption investigation targeting employees and former employees of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has led to its first arrests today, nabbing three people, including two …