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Egyptian Protesters Storm State Security HQ in Search of Torture Files
Cairo, Egypt — Trudging through dungeon-like cells and mounds of shredded documents, hundreds of Egyptians on Saturday surged into the Cairo headquarters of the dreaded State Security apparatus for …
Qaddafi Forces Hit Besieged City but Lose Libyan Oil Port
Tripoli, Libya — Each side of the nascent civil war in Libya pushed forward on Saturday as militia forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi launched a second day of …
Up to 40 Percent of Gulf Oil Spill was Potent Methane Gas, Research Shows
BP's Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is commonly referred to as the Gulf oil spill, but liquid oil wasn't the only hydrocarbon that gushed out of the Macondo well for 84 …
Are House GOP Freshmen Seriously Interested in Cutting the Defense Budget?
There is no shortage of headlines with a variation on a theme such as: “Tea Party Declares War on Military Spending,” “Tea Partiers Say Defense In Mix For Budget …
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Philadelphia: the Next Big Target for the Right-Wing Assault on Public Employees and Unions
Charlene Scott cheered and chanted with the hundreds thronging Philadelphia’s Love Park during Saturday's protest against conservative Republican onslaughts seeking to slaughter what remains of the living-standard comforts enjoyed …
The Real News on Jobs
Are we making progress on the jobs front? The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 192,000 new jobs in Februrary (220,000 new jobs in the private sector and a drop …
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Who Are the Tea Party Patriots?
Most people only see the public faces of the Tea Party Patriots: those doing television interviews, appearing on the covers of magazines, waving from the steps of private jets …
Wackos of the World, Unite!
“Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.” Given the level of wackiness that seems to have afflicted this third planet from the sun, Jack Nicholson's immortal line …
The Real News on Jobs
Roman Landa, a former mortgage broker, in Glenview, Ill., May 25, 2010. Landa suspended his job search in frustration early this winter after applying for nearly 700 positions in …