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Joe Conason | Show Us the Money
So often are the certitudes and pronouncements of the chattering class simply mistaken that they must always be treated with deep skepticism. That is especially true when anything important …
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McChrystal Probe of Special Operations Forces Killings Excluded Key Eyewitnesses (2)
Washington - The follow-up investigation of a botched Special Operations Forces (SOF) raid in Gardez Feb. 12 that killed two government officials and three women, ordered by Gen. Stanley …
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When Will America Be Free From BP? (2)
On July 4th, Americans are supposed to celebrate their independence. We may no longer have to worry about a greedy, distant monarch. But our country is still held in …
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Mitigating Annihilation
From the air, the area north of Grand Isle, Louisiana, much of it around Barataria Bay, looks like scorched earth. This area has been and is heavily afflicted by …
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The Charge of the Media Brigade
Washington - The TV anchorwoman was conducting a split screen interview with a journalist who had volunteered to be a witness at the execution of a man on death …
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Europe Puts Limits on Banker Bonuses
The European Parliament passed a bill today that would cap and defer financial traders' and bankers' bonuses, giving Europe the toughest regimes in the world. The caps are a …
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News in Brief: Gulf Awash in Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells, and More
The Gulf Coast is awash with both temporarily and permanently abandoned oil and gas wells that largely have been ignored by both government and industry, leading experts to fear …
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Climate Change: Are People the Problem?
There is no doubt about it: people are changing the Earth's climate. The evidence for what scientists call “anthropogenic climate change” is overwhelming, notwithstanding the obfuscation efforts of the …
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EPA to Crack Down on Interstate Pollutants From Power Plants
Washington - The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a new federal plan to reduce the pollution from electric power plants that wafts hundreds of miles across state lines. …
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Hamas Lawmaker: Gaza Flotilla Did More Than 10,000 Rockets
Who now doubts that strategic nonviolent action can transform the politics of the Israel/Palestine conflict? Not Hamas parliamentarian Aziz Dweik, The Wall Street Journal reports: "When we use …