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Afghan “Kill Team” Leader Gibbs Was Framed, Defense Says
Alleged Army “kill team” leader Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs would celebrate whenever he or his soldiers shot Afghan men during their deployment with a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker brigade …
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Public Comments on Keystone Pipeline Have Disappeared Into a Procedural Black Hole
State Dept. hearing on Sept. 29 in Atkinson, Neb., on TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL project. (Photo: Lisa Song) Five weeks ago, Cindy Myers stood in a high …
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April 6’s Arab Spring Leaders Speak to the American Autumn
A few organizers of the protests of Tahrir Square, Egypt, visited Occupy Wall Street on October 24. (Photo: NLNY) "Its like a football game between Egypt and …
Communicating via People Pedal Power
A bicycle-powered generator supplies power to a radio. (Photo: kaputniq) One single bicycle - and many pedaling people - powers Occupy San Francisco's media center: three laptops, …
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Regulators Investigating MF Global for Missing Money
Federal regulators have discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money has gone missing from MF Global in recent days, prompting an investigation into the brokerage firm, …
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Will Federal Refinancing Program Help States Most in Need?
San Francisco - Nearly 1 million struggling homeowners nationwide could get a lifeline to stave off foreclosure, thanks to changes to a federal housing program. The …
Delaware Attorney General Sues Mortgage Electronic Measuring System, Calls for Halt to Foreclosures
The mortgage securitization industry has just had a new major front open on its battle with those who are less than happy with the way it has run roughshod …
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ICE Agent During Search: “The Warrant Is Coming Out of My Balls“
(Photo: United States Federal Government / Wikimedia) The ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit this week in federal court on behalf of fifteen residents of an apartment …
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Gandhi’s Wings: Occupy Wall Street and the Redistribution of Anxiety
It's my home — last night I dreamt that I grew wings I found a place where they could hear me when I sing —"Wings" by …
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Have and Have-Not Nation
Washington - The hard-right conservatives who dominate the Republican Party claim to despise the redistribution of wealth, but secretly they love it — as long as the process involves …