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Cost-Cutting at the Environment’s Peril
(Photo: Angela Sevin / Flickr) In Washington, the environment is under attack. The cost-cutting deal that the House passed yesterday stripped the Environmental Protection Agency of $1.6 …

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House Approves Ryan Plan, GOP’s Budget Blueprint
Washington - The House of Representatives, on a largely party line vote, Friday approved a Republican vision of America's future that would change how seniors and lower income people …

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Blast Kills 9 at Afghan Base, Including 5 From NATO
Kabul, Afghanistan - For the second time in as many days, a suicide bomber used an Afghan National Security uniform to elude early detection and approach his target, killing …

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News in Brief: Obama Says No Let-Up in Libya Until Qaddafi Is Gone, and More
Obama Says No Let-Up in Libya Until Qaddafi Is Gone Along with English Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama committed Friday to pursuing …

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How Toxic Chemicals Threaten Youth Development
When my husband and I set out to find a nursery school for our daughter, Faith, nearly ten years ago we took the decision seriously. I looked at large …

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Despite Latest Ruling, Immigrants Still Besieged in Arizona
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a federal judge's decision to temporarily suspend key parts of Arizona's SB1070, the law that making it a state …

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On Budget Deal, House Republicans Once Again Prepare to Break Their Own 72-Hour Rule
When Republicans took over the House in January, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) promised the public, "I will not bring a bill to the floor that hasn't been posted online …

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Pacific Salmon May Be Dying From Leukemia-Type Virus
In Canada's Fraser River, a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon, and scientists have a new hypothesis about why: The wild salmon are suffering from viral infections …

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Military Chaplains Forum Revealed, Takes on Religious Bigotry
(Photo: Jason Pier / Flickr) For five years an ad hoc group of retired and active duty Chaplains have been working under the radar to assist LGB …

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A Primer on Tax Day Activism
(Photo: Justen Eason / Flickr) With Tax Day hard on our heels, David Cay Johnston has done a tremendous service by boiling down and unpacking what he …