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Former Bush EPA Chief Sounds Alarm on Chemical Security
Wading into a decade-old controversy, former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman has urged current EPA administrator Lisa Jackson to close loopholes in a 2006 chemical security law “before a …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Announces Legislation to Combat Oil Speculation, and More
In today's On the News segment: Obama announces legislation to combat oil speculation, Harvard Professor Jim Yong Kim made head of the World Bank, the scramble for polar petroleum reserves, …
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Occupy Wall Street’s Occupation of Wall Street Facing Eviction Despite Legal Protections
(Photo: David Shankbone / Flickr)When Occupy Wall Street protesters decided to take up sleeping on the sidewalks of Wall Street, they did so with the protection—they thought—of the law. Specifically, a …
Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare
For all the shameful sucking up to multimillionaire mom Ann Romney after Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen accused her of never having worked “a day in her life,” the reality …
Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride: How Pakistan Makes Washington Pay for the Afghan War
The following ingredients should go a long way to produce a political thriller. Mr. M, a jihadist in an Asian state, has emerged as the mastermind of a terrorist …
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Mitt Romney Tells Rich Donors His Secret Plan to Cut Housing Assistance
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times)During comments overheard by an NBC news reporter, Mitt Romney told a crowd at a private fundraiser last …
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Study Accuses ALEC of “Secretive Influence” in Missouri Capitol
At least 30 bills have been introduced in the Missouri statehouse in recent years that are nearly identical to legislation originally written by a conservative organization whose membership includes …
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What Mitt Will We Get?
Washington - It's all over but the shouting, or, in this case, the polite applause: Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican presidential nominee. But which Mitt Romney? …
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National Climate Change Aquarium
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