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New Jersey’s Passaic River may receive $1.7 billion cleanup
August 1, 2014The operation would seek to undo decades' worth of toxicity, mostly caused by nearly a century of industrial activity, including illegal dumping.
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Celebs, Nobel winners show support for Palestinians in new video
August 1, 2014GazaNames Project features prominent artists and activists holding signs with the names and ages of Palestinian civilians killed in the recent Israeli military attacks on Gaza.
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“Least productive” Congress left D.C. without doing anything serious
August 1, 2014Congress left town on August 1 for a month-long recess without tackling a host of U.S. problems - and lack of infrastructure funding is one of those topping the list.
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GOP filibuster kills Bring the Jobs Home bill
August 1, 2014Once again, a Senate Republican filibuster killed a pro-worker bill, the Bring The Jobs Home Act, to extend tax credits to firms which do just that.
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AFL-CIO leaders: GOP suing Obama to conceal its non-agenda
August 1, 2014Republican House Speaker Boehner is pushing a lawsuit against Obama to deflect attention from the fact that there are unmet needs in this country and his party has no agenda.
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