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Will General Electric Get Whacked for the Catastrophic Failure of Its Nuke Plants in Fukushima?
GE, the company that boasts that it “brings good things to life,” was the designer of the nuclear plants that are blowing up like hot popcorn kernels at the …
Kansas GOP State Rep. Compares Undocumented Immigrants to Pigs, Suggests Shooting Them From Helicopters
Kansas GOP State Rep. Compares Undocumented Immigrants to Pigs, Suggests Shooting Them From Helicopters Today, during a Kansas state House Appropriations Committee hearing on state spending for controlling feral …
Scott Walker Is Not the First to Strip Workers of Their Rights
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Crisis at Japanese Nuclear Complex Prompts Calls for U.S. Review
Washington - As Japan copes with one crisis after another at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, a review of federal records indicates that nearly a quarter of America's nuclear …
Eugene Robinson | Nuclear Power, on the Brink
Washington - Nuclear power was beginning to look like a panacea — a way to lessen our dependence on oil, make our energy supply more self-sufficient and significantly mitigate …
The New Normal
Yucca Mountain Still Alive Under GOP Nuke Plan
Washington - Yucca Mountain is still breathing. It's been 24 long years since Congress first designated the desert locale in southern Nevada as the best place to store the …
Nuclear Power Madness
Like every other president since the 1940s, Barack Obama has promoted nuclear power. Now, with reactors melting down in Japan, the official stance is more disconnected from reality than …
News in Brief: “Anonymous” Hackers Release Controversial Bank of America Emails, and More
“Anonymous” Hackers Release Controversial Bank of America Emails
Dennis Kucinich Remarks in Wisconsin (Video)
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