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Israel Preparing for Day When It Has No Relations with Egypt
Jerusalem - The surreptitious departure of Israel's ambassador from Egypt on Tuesday symbolized to many Israeli officials the new state of affairs between the neighboring countries. Yitzhak …
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Oregon Governor Says He Will Block Executions
Gov. John Kitzhaber of Oregon on Tuesday said he would halt the execution of a death row inmate scheduled for next month and that he would allow no more …
The GOP and Chamber of Commerce’s War Over a Bulletin Board
Earlier this month, thirty-six House Republicans filed an amicus court brief to support corporate America’s war on workers’ rights. They are embracing a suit filed by the Chamber …
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North Carolina Lawmakers Take a One-Sided Look at Fracking
A group of North Carolina lawmakers is in Pennsylvania today on a fact-finding mission about the controversial method of extracting natural gas known as fracking — and their tour …
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Gingrich’s Latest Social Security Scheme: Privatize the Program, Then Bail Out Bad Investors
2012 GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich today released his latest big idea: a return to Bush-style Social Security privatization. Gingrich has been quite vocal in his support for privatized …
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A Country of Inmates
Washington - One area where the United States indisputably leads the world is incarceration. The United States has 2.3 million people behind bars, almost one in every …
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Scapegoating School Bus Drivers in New York
New York's City Hall and Department of Education are pushing union school bus drivers and attendants toward a strike that would affect service for some 152,000 students, including 70,000 …
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Whistleblowers Ignored, Punished by Lenders, Say Dozens of Former Employees
Darcy Parmer ran into trouble soon after she started her job as a fraud analyst at Wells Fargo Bank. Her bosses, she later claimed, were upset that she was, …
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FBI Claims It Does Not Have Any Documents on Occupy Wall Street
Horse-mounted police officers stand guard as Occupy Wall Street protesters stage a demonstration on the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: Michael Appleton / The New …
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Nebraskans Prepare for More Keystone XL Controversy, Despite New Pipeline Laws
A week after a Canadian company agreed to reroute the Keystone XL oil pipeline out of the fragile Nebraska Sandhills, the initial relief felt by many Nebraskans has been …