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Walmart Is Now Under Investigation in Mexican “Bribery Aisle” Scandal
New details have emerged in the massive bribery scandal behind Wal-Martu2019s expansion into Mexico, where the corporate giant now operates one in five of its stores.
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We Are Being Nuked With False Information on Atomic Energy
According to nuclear energy debunker Gar Smith, if we want the truth about nuclear energy, we won't be getting it from governments.
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Former MLPA Chair Says Hydrofracking is ‘Safe for California’
Catherine Reheis-Boyd, who served as the chair of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative Blue Ribbon Task Force for the South Coast, proclaims the “glories” of hydrofracking …
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Obama Vows Fast Action in New Push for Gun Control
President Obama declared on Wednesday that he would make gun control a u201ccentral issueu201d as he opens his second term.
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A Light in the 401(k) Tunnel
A new ruling might help protect former workers of collapsed corporations by demanding a speedy investigation by the IRS which unfreezes their 401k.
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Class War Redux: How the American Right Embraced Marxist Struggle
Neither accident nor gaffe, Romney's 47 percent remark was a declaration of war on a proletariat of feckless moochers.
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Seven of the Most Striking Ways States Have Loosened Gun Laws
More than half of the nation's deadliest shooting have happened in the past five years. During that same time, states have only made gun laws less strict.
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Former Oil Executive, Doctors and Scientists Urge Obama to Wait on Fracking Exports Plan
For the first time ever, the US has the ability to become a major exporter of natural gas, courtesy of the fracking boom.
Thousands Remain Displaced From Sandy Without Heat and Power
Residents desperate for government assistance for rebuilding and mold remediation seven weeks after Sandy.
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Gun Ownership Is a Hobby, Not a Right
The nationwide Constitutional protection for gun ownership only came into existence in 2010 (not 1791) and even then by one single vote.