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State Department to Allow Canadian Pipeline
Washington - The Obama administration gave a crucial green light on Friday to a proposed 1,711-mile pipeline that would carry heavy oil from Canada across the Great Plains to …
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Residents of Tourist Haven Fight Plans to Build Naval Base
(Photo: Alpha Newberry) Jeju, South Korea - Home to orange groves and skin divers, this Northeast Asian vacation spot sometimes known as the “Island of Peace” may …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republican Lawmakers Literally Up for Sale in Minnesota, and More
In today's On the News segment: Dick Cheney has a new book coming out, earthquake rattles Eric Cantor's Congressional district, Republican lawmakers are literally up for sale in Minnesota, …
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Speculators Bid Up Coffee Prices
Washington - If you're angry that Wall Street speculators have been driving up the price you pay for gasoline, these same big financial investors now are pushing up the …
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Bernanke Offers No Plan for New Stimulus
Jackson Hole, Wyoming - The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said Friday that the economy was recovering and the nation’s long-term prospects remained strong, an upbeat assessment that …
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Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Lift the Payroll Tax Cap, Ensuring Full Social Security Funding for Nearly 75 Years (3)
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Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Lift the Payroll Tax Cap, Ensuring Full Social Security Funding for Nearly 75 Years (2)
Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was a featured speaker at the United Steel Workers 2011 conference in Las Vegas. Sanders focused much of his speech on …
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We Need to Get Active to Recover the Economy and Middle Class
They've got the money but we’ve got the numbers. The billionaires and the giant corporations are making a greed-grab for what's left of our standard of living, even our …
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Rights Commission Rebukes US on Domestic Violence
Washington - In a groundbreaking decision that affirms domestic violence as an international human rights issue, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that the US should …
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New WikiLeaks Cables Show US Diplomats Promote Genetically Engineered Crops Worldwide
(Image: JR / Truthout; Adapted: Peter Blanchard, Wikileaks) Dozens of United States diplomatic cables released in the latest WikiLeaks dump on Wednesday reveal new details of the …