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Persecuted Middle East gays hope for resettlement
September 2, 2009In Iran, there is a three to four day gap between when an individual is reported to the police for being homosexual, and when the police arrive to arrest that individual. Most flee before the police...
Read moreEPA will declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant
September 2, 2009The Environmental Protection Agency is set to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant, EPA head Lisa Jackson announced on Monday. That action would trigger federal regulation of industrial CO2 sources like coal-fired power plants, cars, refineries...
Read moreGerman Left Party scores gain in state elections
September 1, 2009BERLIN -- After state elections Sunday, all five main parties in Germany tried to stick in a thumb and pull out a plum or two. Some plums were very sweet, with others rather on the sour...
Read more‘Young workers: A lost decade’
September 1, 2009Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare...
Read moreWhat’s behind the widening of our waistlines?
September 1, 2009Love handles and bulging waistlines are a big problem in America that can only be solved, a growing number of politicians are telling us, with some hefty “fat taxes.”
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