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Justice or Vengeance?: ACLU Raises Concerns as Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Begins
Jury selection began Monday in the case of “The United States v. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,” one of the most high-profile federal trials in decades.
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As Obama Hosts Pena Nieto, Explosive Report Ties Mexican Federal Police to Students’ Disappearance
As President Obama hosts Mexican President Enrique Peu00f1a Nieto at the White House today, human rights groups want Obama to press the Mexican government on its failure to investigate …
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EU Showdown: Greece Takes on the Vampire Squid
The condition of the Greek banks was not the issue. The gun being held to the banks' heads was the threat that the central bank's critical credit line could …
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Wisconsin GOP Targets Respected Chief Justice for Removal
Representative Dean Knudson (R-Hudson) has decided that the time has finally come to put senior judges out to pasture, saying that he plans to introduce a bill in early …
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Holder and Obama Never Miss an Opportunity to Miss an Opportunity Versus the Banksters
The bad guys used financial incentives to degrade ethics and reward the least ethical people.
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With One Small Tax, the United States Could Insure the Next Generation a Brighter Future
Higher education enjoys appeal across party lines, and both parties claim they're in the corner of Main Street Americans.
Intervention in the Islamic State Increasingly Messy
President Obama's alliance aims to degrade and destroy the Islamic State, but US allies are acting in their own self-interests.
Deep Questions Arise Over Portland’s Corporate Water Takeover
A simmering water war is about to come to a boil over the fate of historic, well-loved public reservoirs in Portland, Oregon.
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Los Angeles Imports Nearly 85 Percent of Its Water – Can It Change That by Gathering Rain?
The Water Replenishment District of Southern California wants to wean itself off imported water altogether by recycling wastewater and collecting storm water.