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Freedom Flotilla Ready to Sail Despite Threats and Sabotage
Athens - As the 10 ships of the Freedom Flotilla II - Stay Human make their final preparations to set sail for the Gaza Strip, purported acts of sabotage …
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Texas Budget Targets Planned Parenthood, Contraception and Women’s Health
In the race to crush Planned Parenthood, Texas is catching up with the pack. Thus far, multiple states have slashed funding to the organization, including Wisconsin, North …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Finance Law, Obama Gives in to GOP on Bush Tax Cuts, and More
Transcript Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Sinking GOP Poll Numbers May Put Florida in Play
Florida Gov. Rick Scott visits the Port of Jacksonville, January 2011. (Photo: JAXPORT) Miami - In the past few weeks, Gov. Rick Scott has traveled around the …
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Woman Arrested for Taping Police Cleared; Apple Wants “Kill Switch” for Camera Phones
(Photo: Cathérine) Apple is developing software that can detect when iPhone owners are using their cameras and disable the function, a report last week discovered. …
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Jury Finds Blagojevich Guilty of Corruption
Former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich leaves court at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, June 27, 2011. (Photo: Amanda Rivkin / The New York Times) Chicago …
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Wisconsin GOP Defunds Planned Parenthood, Denying Preventative Health Care to at Least 12,000 Women
Yesterday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a budget that cuts funding for Planned Parenthood, after pushing the measure through the state Legislature without a single Democratic vote. Planned …
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Bank Errors Continue to Cause Wrongful Foreclosures
Four years into the foreclosure crisis, banks say they've made major improvements in how they handle struggling homeowners. They've promised, for example, not to foreclose on homeowners who are …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Nebraska Nuclear Danger Gets Worse, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Across Europe, Irking Drivers Is Urban Policy
While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly …