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Ex-FCC Commissioner Michael Copps on Media Consolidation, Broadband Expansion, Threats to Journalism (2)
Michael Copps served two terms with the Federal Communications Commission. Now the staunch supporter of an open internet and opponent of media consolidation has retired. In a wide-ranging discussion, …

Bill Moyers on Democracy (2)
Also see: Bill Moyers: He’s Back, Just as Curious as Ever

Romney Looks Like the Nominee, but His Flaws Could Hurt Come Fall
Merrimack, New Hampshire - Mitt Romney heads out of New Hampshire on Wednesday on a probable march to the Republican presidential nomination — but with scars and weaknesses that …

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Romney Retains Big Lead as New Hampshire Prepares to Vote Tuesday
Manchester, New Hampshire - The race for the Republican presidential nomination has two tiers in this state, which votes Tuesday in the first 2012 primary. Mitt Romney, the former …

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Seven Years After Sieges, Fallujah Struggles
Fallujah, Iraq - Fallujah still bears the scars of war; skeletons continue to be pulled from the rubble of bombed buildings, and, worse, rates of birth defects and childhood …

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Austerity and the Modern Banker
(Photo: dev null) Washington, DC – Santa Claus came early this year for four former executives of Washington Mutual (WaMu), a large US bank that failed in …

Low Friends in High Places: Triad of Business, Cops and Politicians Attack Occupy
A police officer rests while demonstrators are arrested behind him. (Photo: a c o r n / Flickr) A political campaign by San Francisco’s well-heeled “property owners” …

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93-Year-Old Tennessee Woman Who Cleaned State Capitol for 30 Years Denied Voter ID
A 93-year-old Tennessee woman who cleaned the state Capitol for 30 years, including the governor’s office, says she won’t be able to vote for the first time in decades …

Brominated Battle: Soda Chemical Has Cloudy Health History
Marietta, Georgia - It's Monday night at the Battle & Brew, a gamer hangout in this Atlanta suburb. The crowd is slumping in chairs, ears entombed in headphones, eyes …