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As Study Links 9/11 Debris to Cancer, Details Emerge on How Officials Downplayed Ground Zero Dangers
An often-forgotten group victims in the September 11th narrative are the many rescue workers who fell sick after being exposed to contaminants at Ground Zero. According to a new …
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California-Amazon Sales Tax Fight Moves to Capitol Hill
Washington - A California fight over online sales taxes could now escalate nationally on Capitol Hill, pitting Amazon and other big retailers against skittish lawmakers accustomed to stoking anti-tax …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: DC and New York City on High Alert After Officials Confirm Terrorist Attack Threat, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Power Is Restored in San Diego Area
Los Angeles - Electricity was restored on Friday to all of the more than one million people who lost power after a massive shutdown that left homes in the …
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As Wildfires Rage, Texas Forest Service Grapples with Funding Cuts
As the Texas Forest Service battles what may be the state's most destructive wildfire outbreak ever, state lawmakers are facing criticism that they have has taken a penny-wise-pound-foolish approach …
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Interpol Issues Qaddafi Arrest Warrant as More Libyan Officials Flee
Tripoli, Libya - As Interpol issued arrest warrants for the former Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and two others on Friday, reports came from Niger of a new convoy …
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Testimony Implicates a Mubarak Co-Defendant
Cairo - Testimony on Thursday in the criminal case against former President Hosni Mubarak implicated top officials for the first time in ordering the use of force against demonstrators. …
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California Health Insurers Hire Tobacco Lobbyists, Pay Top Lawmaker Tens of Thousands in Direct Payments
Last month, a popular reform to grant the California Insurance Commission the power to review and regulate proposed insurance rate hikes died a quick death in the state Senate. …
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Patient Data Posted Online in Major Breach of Privacy
A medical privacy breach led to the public posting on a commercial Web site of data for 20,000 emergency room patients at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., including …
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Obama to Congress: Pass My $447 Billion Jobs Plan Now
Washington - With the nation verging on renewed recession, President Barack Obama urged a divided Congress Thursday night to back his new $447 billion jobs package, which he promised …