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News Organizations Complain About Treatment During Protests
A cross-section of 13 news organizations in New York City lodged complaints on Monday about the New York Police Department’s treatment of journalists covering the Occupy Wall Street movement. …
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Perry Calls for No-Fly Zone In Syria, Would Act Unilaterally Without UN Authorization
Texas Gov. Rick Perry hasn’t said much about Libya on the presidential campaign trail but he did call Muammar Qaddafi’s death last month “good news for the people of …
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Don’t Sit This One Out – What’s Your Vision for Occupy Wall Street?
Filmmaker Michael Moore talks to protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement at Zuccotti Park in New York, Oct. 20, 2011. (Photo: Michael Kirby Smith / The New York …
Senator Merkley’s Harm Reduction Plan for Afghanistan Would Save Lives and Billions
If Sen. Jeff Merkley's (D-Oregon) “expedite the drawdown from Afghanistan” amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act makes a strong showing, it could tip the Obama administration toward a …
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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 …