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Attorney for Imams, Who Were Pulled Off Plane, Seeks “Accountability“
The lawyer for two Muslim clergy removed from a flight to Charlotte because the pilot allegedly would not fly with them on board said Sunday he'll seek “accountability” from …
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CEO Bonuses Rose by Nearly 20 Percent in 2010, While Average Worker Saw Income Stagnate
As most American families continue to struggle with high unemployment and stagnant wages, CEOs at the country's 350 biggest companies saw their pay jump 11% last year to a …
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US Raises Pressure on Pakistan in Raid’s Wake
President Obama's national security adviser demanded Sunday that Pakistan let American investigators interview Osama bin Laden's three widows, adding new pressure in a relationship now fraught over how Bin …
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Newt Gingrich to Announce Candidacy for President Online on Wednesday
Trying to tap into the spontaneity of Twitter and Facebook, the former House speaker Newt Gingrich will announce his campaign for the Republican nomination for president on Wednesday by …
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Going Hungry For Ethnic Studies
Berkeley, Calif. - Hungry students and their supporters sit for the seventh day in front of University of California at Berkeley’s California Hall, after a futile meeting with University …
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Teen Moms Look for Support, But Find Only Shame
Seventeen-year-old Gaby Rodriguez recently made national news when she revealed to her entire Toppenish High School that the baby bump she had been slowly developing over the last six …
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Criticized for Industry Ties
In the fall of 2007, workers at the Byron nuclear power plant in Illinois were using a wire brush to clean a badly corroded steel pipe — one in …
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The Hancock 37 v. The Drones, Part Two: Daffodils
(Photo: Nick Mottern) On the morning of Friday, April 22, 2011, protesters of the MQ-9 Reaper killer drone operations at Hancock Field air base in Syracuse, New …
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Immigrant Rights Supporters Refocus Struggle on Obama
San Jose, Calif. - More than 300 people packed the Sacred Heart church in San Jose last Tuesday to hear Congressman Luis Gutierrez speak about immigration reform at a …
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Officers and Inmates Are Killed in Iraq Jail Revolt
Iraqi policemen assigned to 3rd Federal Police Division, stack on a wall prior to clearing a room at the Ghuzlani Eagle Training Center, March 9, 2011. A string of …