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State Fracking Rules Could Allow Drilling Near New York City Water Supply Tunnels
The latest draft of guidelines for hydraulic fracturing in New York could open the door to drilling within 1,000 feet of aging underground tunnels that carry water to New …
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Slow Flow of Immigrants Already Impacting California Farms?
The number of immigrants illegally crossing into the United States from Mexico has declined according to a new study, and some California farmers are already seeing the effects on …
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How Important is Class Size After All?
(Photo: D'Arcy Norman / Flickr) At a dinner honoring Mark Hopkins, president of Williams College from 1836 to 1872, President James A. Garfield said, “The ideal college …
Violence Against Migrant Women Won’t End After DSK Case
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former leader of the International Monetary Fund, appears in court for an arraignment over allegations that he had sexually assaulted a maid in New York, May …
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One Thing Certain in Debt Debate: More Cuts for States
Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Salt Lake City — The rancorous debate in Washington over whether to raise the federal debt ceiling …
How Murdoch Reporters’ Bribes to British Cops Violate US Law
Rupert Murdoch. (Photo: David Shankbone / Flickr) Imagine you're a Fleet Street reporter at a British tabloid with a pocketful of cash. You meet a trusted source …
War With Iran? US Neocons Aim to Repeat Chalabi-Style Swindle
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. Appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 24, Bolton reiterated …
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Toward a New Politics of Food
The easiest way to explain Gallup's discovery that millions of Americans are eating fewer fruits and vegetables than they ate last year is to simply crack a snarky joke …
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NATO’s Debacle in Libya
NATO's failure in efforts to promote “regime change” in Libya, after two and a half months of bombing and arms supply to various rebel factions, is now glaring. …
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Obama Losing Patience as Republicans Panic
At long last, President Obama seems to have run out of patience with the truculent Republicans who have rejected all of his overtures for a budget deal — just …