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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Dick Cheney Is Afraid of Canada, and More
In today's On the News segment: Only 14 percent of workers around the nation feel “very confident” that they will have enough money for comfortable retirement; the right-wing spin …

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Bring Home the Troops Now
Washington - It was clear before Sunday's horrific massacre of civilians that it's past time for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan to end. Now the only question should be …

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GOP Attacks Obama With Gas Price Cudgel, While Media Ignores Refinery Closures
As the stock market and overall economy slowly improve, the GOP continues to blame President Obama for rising gas prices as November's election approaches. A barrel of oil is …

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Regulators Say Fracking Wastewater Well Caused 12 Earthquakes in Ohio
Ohio regulators confirmed late last week what many observers already suspected: a fracking wastewater disposal well caused 12 earthquakes near Youngstown last year as the state threw open its …

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President Obama on Drugs
President Barack Obama speaks at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, January 26, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) The White House teamed …

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Air Force Academy Whistleblower Alleges Dog Poisoned in Retaliation
Former USAFA economics professor David Mullin believes his service dog Caleb (above) was poisoned behind his locked office door in retaliation for blowing the whistle on Academy leadership for …

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Eighty Percent of Bankruptcy Lawyers Report a “Substantial Increase” in Clients Buried by Student Loan Debt
A report released last week by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed that the total balance of student loans in the U.S. has reached $870 billion, while 27 …

Julia Gillard’s Rise Marks the Triumph of Machine Politics Over Feminism
In 1963, a senior Australian government official, A.R. Taysom, deliberated on the wisdom of deploying women as trade representatives. "Such an appointee would not stay young and attractive forever …

In “Open Government Data,” What’s Really Open?
(Photo: John Carleton) In the fall, the United States joined seven other countries — with hopefully more to come — in forming the Open Government Partnership, an …

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“I’m Getting Arrested” App Aims to Help Drivers
(Photo: steefafa) Phoenix - A group of pro-immigrant rights activists in Arizona aim to develop a smartphone application that would help immigrants notify friends, family and their …