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Cuomo: Protecting New Yorkers from Bath Salts but Not from Fracking?
Governor Cuomo, we canu2019t fathom your thinking. There have been 191 visits to emergency rooms because of designer drugs, and you are taking action to ban their use in …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Paul Ryan Pick Has Republican Operatives Enraged, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Paul Ryan pick has Republican operatives enraged and believing that Mitt Romney just cost conservatives the White House, the European economy did exactly …
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Obama’s Pledge of Drought Relief Shows Why Incumbents Have Campaign Edge
President Barack Obama on Monday offered a vivid reminder of why being a White House incumbent has big advantages when seeking re-election, as he toured drought-ravaged Iowa promising help …
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National Sandwich Month
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Outcry Against Police Union Leader’s Bigotry Makes for Unlikely Alliance of Cops, Occupiers
For the uninitiated, it is almost too fantastic to believe. A police department's union, supremely tone-deaf in a city with a discriminatory history, puts out a newsletter that open-heartedly …
Virgin Galactic’s Space Tourism Venture for the 1% Will Warm the Globe for the Rest of Us
Virgin Galactic, billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism venture, is charging $200,000 a seat for a few minutes of weightlessness and a view from outer space.
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US Walks Back Terrorist Claims Against High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah
The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to …
Nine Reasons Romney’s Choice of Paul Ryan for Veep Is Smarter Than You Think
Romney's Ryan decision is a hugely dangerous step toward getting the Koch brothers' hand-picked star close to the presidency.
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General Petraeus and the Drone War
Once a hold-out strategist who thought drones would fuel anti-US sentiment, the ambitious military leader now heads one of the most aggressive and unpopular military campaigns in memory.
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Militant Reaffirms Role of Pakistan in Mumbai Attacks
Disclosures in US and Indian courts about the [Pakistani] spy agency [Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI)]'s links to the Mumbai attacks, which killed six Americans, contributed to a dramatic decline …