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US Needs to Completely Withdraw From Iraq
Don't count on the United States to withdraw its 47,000 troops from Iraq by the end of this year, as President Obama has promised. Defense Secretary Robert …
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Adoptions by Gay Couples Rise, Despite Barriers
Growing numbers of gay couples across the country are adopting, according to census data, despite an uneven legal landscape that can leave their children without the rights and protections …
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Mind Games: Cyberspace and Psychiatric Drugs
At least 10 percent of all Americans over six-years-old are currently on antidepressants. That's more than 35 million people, double the number from 15 years ago. Meanwhile, anti-psychotics have …
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News in Brief: Manning Supporter Silent Before Grand Jury, and More
Manning Supporter Silent Before Grand Jury David House, a computer expert and Bradley Manning supporter, evoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer any questions beyond providing …
New Report: US Encouraged Gun Sales to Drug Cartels; 70 Percent of Seized Mexico Guns Are From US
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“Merchants of Doubt”: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues From Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
(Image: Bloomsbury Press) Ben Santer is the kind of guy you could never imagine anyone attacking. He’s thoroughly moderate—of moderate height and build, of moderate temperament, of …
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Ex-Spy Alleges Bush White House Sought to Discredit Juan Cole
Glenn Carle, a former Central Intelligence Agency officer who was a top counterterrorism official during the administration of President George W. Bush, in Bethesda, Maryland, June 15, 2011. (Photo: …
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Vermont Breaks Ground in Health Coverage for Migrant Workers
Vermont, land of rolling green hills dotted with black and white Holsteins and picturesque red barns. White people, everywhere, lots of them. Home of state-sanctioned town hall meetings that …
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Weiner Tells Friends He Will Step Down
Washington - Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House, …