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Carmakers and White House Haggling Over Mileage Rules
Rush-hour traffic on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles in 2006. The Obama administration is proposing regulations that will require new American cars and trucks to attain an average of …
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Greece Jails US Captain in Gaza Flotilla
Athens - The American captain of a United States-flagged boat in the planned flotilla to Gaza was jailed Saturday, a day after trying to sail out of port, flotilla …
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Royalists Attack Peaceful Protesters in Morocco
(Photos: Francesco La Pia) Pro-king royalists violently quelled a February 20 movement protest in Rabat's Old City, on the eve of Morocco's much trumpeted referendum on the …
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Qaddafi Threatens Europe With Attacks
Bir Ayad, Libya - In a defiant speech broadcast to an unusually large gathering of his supporters on Friday, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi threatened attacks on Europe if NATO did …
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Number of Mexico’s Missing Swells, Families Call for Help
Mexico City - Gangsters may have claimed the lives of Maria Concepcion Vizarretea's three older brothers, but she doesn't know for sure, and her private agony is part of …
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Labor Wars: Michigan Is the New Wisconsin
Michigan is shaping up to be the next big battleground in the Republican-led war on unions and public workers' rights. In March, the state's Republican governor Rick …
Inside Greek’s General Strike: Report From Athens as Thousands Protest Sweeping Austerity Cuts (Video)
ALSO SEE: Greek Parliament Approves Austerity Plan
Thom Hartmann: Second Japan Nuke… More Dangerous Than Fukushima?
Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. If Japan didn't have its hands full with one melted down nuclear plant at Fukushima - it certainly …
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Bank Errors Continue to Cause Wrongful Foreclosures
Four years into the foreclosure crisis, banks say they've made major improvements in how they handle struggling homeowners. They've promised, for example, not to foreclose on homeowners who are …
Winners and Losers in the Great, Global Energy Struggle to Come
Elvin Batz, an installer with SPG Solar, checks the pontoon structure and solar panels on the company's Floatovoltaics floating solar array, stationed in an irrigation pond in Petaluma, California, …