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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Moves to Adopt Fukushima Recommendations “Without Delay”
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted last week to implement recommendations from the Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident, and to do so “without …
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13 Americans Among Those Killed in Kabul Suicide Attack
Kabul, Afghanistan — At least 13 American soldiers were among more than 20 people killed when a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked an armored NATO shuttle bus in Kabul …
Does America’s Fortune Ride on Two Numbers? – 9/11 and 99:1
San Francisco— Numerologists and The History Channel, known for its occult versions of world events, will have their heyday with two digits that, when arranged in certain sequence, foretold …
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Female Wal-Mart Employees File New Bias Case
(Photo: Spencer Tirey / The New York Times) Four months after the Supreme Court tossed out their national class action lawsuit, lawyers representing women who claimed that …
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Papandreou Co-Opted “Revolution” – Now, the Greek People Must Reclaim It
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. (Photo: Prime Minister of Greece / Flickr) Little did the Greek people know when “socialist” prime minister George Papandreou, back in June …
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How the 99 Percent Really Lost Out – in Far Greater Ways Than the Occupy Protesters Imagine
Joanne Kathleen Farrell, a protester from Occupy Albany, waved an American flag on Washington Avenue, which borders Academy Park near the state Capitol, in Albany, New York, October 26, …
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Elders a (Labor) Force for Social Change
We’re a nation that will soon have more older people than young ones, and much of the popular media portrays this as a disaster story that goes something like …
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Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street?
(Photo: Timothy Krause / Flickr) “Where my feminists at?” read a sign propped against a bench at the entrance to Zuccotti Park on Thursday night as a …
How Elizabeth Warren Used Adam Smith Against the Right
Since Elizabeth Warren declared her intentions to challenge Scott Brown on his Senatorial re-election bid, she has become increasingly vocal - not an uncommon strategy for a blossoming politician. …