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BP Settles While Macondo “Seeps“
New Orleans, LA - As BP settles out of court for the first phase of thousands of lawsuits that could cost the company tens of billions of dollars, Al …
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True the Vote? Or Skew the Vote?
Madison - Claims by an out-of-state Tea Party group that the campaign to recall Governor Scott Walker is fraught with error do not stand up to even limited scrutiny. …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Euro Zone Unemployment Hits Record High, and More
In today's On the News segment: Ohio Gov. John Kasich rejected federal aid for his state's tornado victims, Iceland's prime minister faces negligence charges related to 2008 crash, peaceful …
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Obama Says Military Force Is Option to Keep Iran From Getting Nuclear Weapons
Washington — President Barack Obama insisted Sunday he'd call for military action to prevent Iran from securing a nuclear weapon, even as he urged Israel and its supporters to …
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How to Fund an American Police State: Real Money for an Imaginary War (3)
At the height of the Occupy Wall Street evictions, it seemed as though some diminutive version of “shock and awe” had stumbled from Baghdad, Iraq, to Oakland, California. …
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Guantanamo Prison’s True Secret: Jason Leopold in Conversation With Andy Worthington
Andy Worthington. (Photo: Troy Page / Truthout) British journalist Andy Worthington, the author of “The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison,” …
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On Defense, Obama Speaks to US Backers of Israel
WASHINGTON — President Obama gave a forceful defense of his administration’s commitment to Israel’s security on Sunday, using a speech to a pro-Israel lobbying group to take on critics …
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US Backers of Israel Pressure Obama Over Policy on Iran
On the eve of a crucial visit to the White House by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, that country’s most powerful American advocates are mounting an extraordinary public …
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Sixth Advertiser Drops Limbaugh Despite “Apology“
Moments ago, Carbonite – a company providing backup software for computers – announced that it will no longer advertise on Rush Limbaugh’s show. CEO David Friend made clear in …
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Israel’s Assassins and Tehran’s Killers (2)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility. (Photo: Iranian President's Office via The New York Times) They are dying one by one. …