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PTSD Claims Rise Among Veterans Treated at VA, New Research to Study PTSD and TBI
New statistics show that the number of Iraq and Afghanistan veteran patients being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and who have had PTSD claims approved increased. Also, new …
“Avatar” Hits the Campaign Trail in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - The Green Party candidate for president of Brazil, environmentalist Marina Silva, is seeking the support of filmmaker James Cameron, winner of three Oscars for his …
Michael Moore | How the People in My District Got Stupak to Change His Mind – and Thus Saved the Health Care Bill
Friends, Well, our full court press on my congressman, Bart Stupak worked! Hundreds of my neighbors here in his Michigan district spent the weekend organizing thousands of voters to …
Benjamin Netanyahu the Intransigent
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban once said that the Palestinians “never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” Well, the same can be said for the Israelis and …
Keith Olbermann: GOP Self-Destruction Imminent
The party's obsolete ideas will undermine it's relevance. TRANSCRIPT: Finally as promised, a Special Comment in the wake of the passage of Health Care Reform and it's a first …
Keith Olbermann: GOP Self-Destruction Imminent (Video)
The party's obsolete ideas will undermine it's relevance. TRANSCRIPT: Finally as promised, a Special Comment in the wake of the passage of Health Care Reform and it's a first …
Right-Wing Attacks, Manufactured Scandal Force ACORN to Shut Down for Good
Following months of relentless attacks by Republicans over a manufactured scandal alleging employees doled out illegal advice to a right-wing filmmaker and his conservative colleague, the poor people's advocacy …
India: Protective Laws Fall Short for Women Charged With Witchcraft
Chhattisgarh, India: Mita Bai, 34, will never forget the morning of May 6, 2005. It was 8 a.m. in the morning when a group of three men and six …
Is Mass Violence Justified If It Brings About a Better World?
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Though LandAmerica Clients Lost Millions, No Bailout Granted
Washington - As LandAmerica Financial Group lurched toward bankruptcy in late 2008, its leaders looked to the one place they thought could help: Washington. Congress had just passed the …