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“Top Levels” of Syria Regime Responsible for War Crimes, UN Says
Washington - As the city of Homs shuddered Thursday from another day of Syrian army bombardments, U.N. investigators held regime officials and military commanders “at the highest levels” responsible …
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Seven Female Missouri House Members Say They Were Kept Out of Contraception Debate
President Barack Obama, joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, Feb. 10, 2012. (Photo: Stephen …
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New York Court Affirms Towns’ Powers to Ban Fracking
In a decision that could set a national precedent for how local governments can regulate gas drilling, a New York state court yesterday ruled for the first time that …
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Romney Says He’ll Make the Top 1 Percent Pay More While Proposing Plan Giving Them a Massive New Tax Break
Mitt Romney speaking to supporters at a grassroots early voting rally in Mesa, Arizona, February 13, 2012. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released …
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On Hostile Ground, America’s Guestworkers Seek Justice
The debate around immigration in Washington brings the same smoke and mirrors each election cycle: anti-immigrant slogans about “securing the border” flashing alongside craftily worded policies to sustain the …
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Pakistani Health Workers Punished for Helping US Find bin Laden
Islamabad - Seventeen local health workers have been fired for their part in a scheme that the CIA orchestrated in an effort to confirm that al Qaida founder Osama …
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As Greece Erupts, BBC’s Paul Mason on “The New Global Revolutions” Over Austerity, Inequality
Greece is bracing for protests after eurozone finance ministers concluded a deal that will provide a $170 billion bailout in return for another round of deep austerity cuts. The …
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Occupy for Prisoners Comes Out Against Mass Incarceration
Occupy For Prisoners demonstration in Harlem, New York, February 19, 2012. (Photo: samglewis) Each time the 100-strong crowd assembled for the national Occupy for Prisoners day roared …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: January Was a Good Month for SuperPACs, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Why Commercial Loans Remain Tough to Get
For 22 years Joy Lang of Jerry’s Flowers in Sister Bay counted on Baylake Bank for her business banking. Each spring she would make the short walk down the …