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Facing Up to the Real Cost of Carbon
Your house might not burn down next year. So you could probably save money by cancelling your fire insurance. That's a “bargain” that few homeowners would accept. …
Jeremy Scahill: Behind the CIA’s Secret Somalia Operations
Keith Olbermann talks with Jeremy Scahill of The Nation, also a ‘Countdown’ contributor, about a secret CIA site in Somalia that trains Somali agents in counterterrorism efforts against a …
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Murdoch Testimony on Hacking Comes Under New Scrutiny
London - Testimony by James Murdoch about Britain’s phone hacking scandal came under renewed scrutiny on Friday with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that Mr. Murdoch still had “questions …
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How the Debt-Ceiling Showdown Could Affect You
As Congress lurches about in search of a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling before an August 2 deadline, ordinary investors are watching anxiously to see whether there'll …
Jeremy Scahill: Behind the CIA’s Secret Somalia Operations (Video)
Keith Olbermann talks with Jeremy Scahill of The Nation, also a ‘Countdown’ contributor, about a secret CIA site in Somalia that trains Somali agents in counterterrorism efforts against a …
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Congratulations Senator Coburn and the GOP Victory for the Rich
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Herman Cain
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The Limits of Compromise
Washington - Before we make political partisanship a felony, punishable by endless lectures from weather-vane senators and allegedly “wise” commentators, let’s remember that some choices are real, consequential and …
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Congratulations Senator Coburn and the GOP Victory for the Rich (Video)
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Republicans Approve Regulation-Blocking Coal Bill on ALEC’s Wish List
High-resolution aerial survey photograph of the fly-ash sludge spill that resulted in December 2008 when a dike failed at the Kingston, Tennessee, power plant. Over a billion gallons of …