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City Dismisses 9 Cases of Occupy Sacramento Protesters
The Sacramento City Attorney’s office today dismissed nine misdemeanor cases of protesters arrested at the Occupy Sacramento encampment at Cesar Chavez Park – and pro bono lawyers said they …
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Occupy Nashville Infiltrates and Disrupts Rumsfeld Fundraiser
Former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Thursday, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was in Nashville …
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Ex-Inspector Rejects IAEA Iran Bomb Test Chamber Claim
Washington - A former inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repudiated its major new claim that Iran built an explosives chamber to test components of a …
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Group in US Hoped for Big Payday in Offer to Help Qaddafi
Libyan rebels transport the bodies of soldiers loyal to Moammar Gadhafi through the streets of Misrata, Libya, April 28, 2011. In April, as the rebels were making gains, a …
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Peaceful Occupy Oakland Protester Faces Deportation
An Occupy Oakland protester who was detained during Monday’s police sweep of the movement’s encampment outside City Hall is being held without bail as federal immigration authorities determine whether …
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Qaddafi’s Son Seif al-Islam, Said to Be Captured in Libya
Tripoli, Libya - Libya’s transitional government said Saturday that its fighters in the southwestern desert had captured Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, the last fugitive son and one-time heir apparent of …
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“Near Poor” Struggling Just Above Poverty Startle the Census
Washington - They drive cars, but seldom new ones. They earn paychecks, but not big ones. Many own homes. Most pay taxes. Half are married, and nearly half live …
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Santorum: Americans Should Suffer
During a town hall meeting in Ottumwa, Iowa Friday afternoon, Rick Santorum argued that Americans receive too many government benefits and ought to “suffer” in the Christian tradition. If …
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Caught on Camera: Ten Shockingly Violent Police Assaults on Occupy Protesters
Occupations across the country have born the brunt of some violent police tactics, and in a world where everyone has a camera-phone, a lot of their brutish behavior has …
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Nebraska Ranchers Who Turned the Tide in Pipeline Fight Say They’re Not Done Yet
Connie and Leon Weichman had just finished branding some calves Monday when Connie's niece texted her the news: TransCanada, the Alberta-based company that wants to build an oil pipeline …