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Northeast Markets Eyed for Oil Sands as Clean Fuels Standard Fades
In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie's administration pulled out of a proposed pact to cut global warming emissions in transportation fuels. In New Hampshire, the House passed a bill …
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Campaign Spending Shows Political Ties, Self-Dealing
For an example of the fluidity of campaign finance rules, as well as the tangled web of connections between candidates and super PACs, look no further than the digital …
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The Farm Workers’ Filipino-American Champion
The birth date of Cesar Chavez, the late farm workers' leader, will be celebrated next month, and rightly so. But it's well past time we also celebrated the life …
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CWA Union Teams Up With Free Press, Consumer Groups to Oppose Telecom Deregulation
The Communications Workers of America union has been criticized by progressive consumers groups like Free Press for its positions on net neutrality and the proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger. Last year, …
Israel Shields Public from Risks of War with Iran
Tel Aviv - The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been telling Israelis that Israel can attack Iran with minimal civilian Israeli casualties as a result of retaliation, …
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California Gov. Brown Wants Health Care Changes Regardless of Supreme Court Decision
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration vowed Thursday to continue pushing forward elements of the federal health care overhaul in California, even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes it down. If …
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The Savage Arithmetic of the Pre-Existing Condition
When doctors found precancerous cysts, Nancy Platt chose to have her pancreas removed. Her daughter, Laura Train, and husband, Sam, were by her side at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, …
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The Price If Health Care Is Overturned
Washington - In arguments before the Supreme Court this week, the Obama administration might have done just enough to keep the Affordable Care Act from being ruled unconstitutional. Those …
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Can You Predict an Outcome From Supreme Court Justices’ Questions?
Supreme Court justices can hide their intentions in plain sight, even with something as complicated as health care. The judicial utterances during this week's lengthy oral arguments left a …
Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 6: Near Ground Zero and in Af-Pak Region, Two Labyrinths
The endless war on terror in South Asia - with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, India, France, Germany, Spain, all players - must seem …