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OSHA’s Barab walks fine line on firms’ ‘voluntary protection’
July 10, 2012House Republicans demand OSHA emphasize its Voluntary Protection Program while unions and the GAO say OSHA doesn't have the staff to monitor VPP firms' performance.
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Beware: “Pro-child” groups press corporate schools agenda
July 10, 2012The Change.org petition site recently dropped the misleadingly named "StudentsFirst" and "Stand for Children" as paying clients.This came after public pressure including a counter-petition by a Chicago teacher.
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Study suggests fracking wastes could poison drinking water
July 10, 2012According to a new scientific study, salty fluids rich with minerals in parts of Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale are seeping thousands of feet upward, right into drinking water.
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How the election was stolen in Mexico
July 10, 2012Evidence continues to mount that the recent "victory" by conservatives in Mexico's national elections was completely fraudulent and that the country's center-left coalition should have been declared the winner.
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Bernice Blohm Diskin, “Greatest Generation” communist, dies at 91
July 10, 2012One of the last Communist Party USA members from the "Greatest Generation" of World War II, Bernice Blohm Diskin, passed away June 25 at age 91.
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