National
War crimes and double standards
March 11, 2009Original source: New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof – like many of his American colleagues – is applauding the International Criminal Court’s arrest order against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for his role in the...
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$5 billion in contributions bought Wall street freedom from regulation, report finds
March 11, 2009The financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists winning deregulation and other policy decisions that led directly to the current...
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Winfrey to air domestic violence show
March 10, 2009Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey said she will do a show about dating violence this week. She is sad over the fact that 19-year-old R&B star Chris Brown was allegedly assaulted Rihanna, a 21-year-old Barbadian singer...
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Survey finds Christianity on the decline — even in the South
March 10, 2009Original source: Survey finds Christianity on the decline -- even in the South Christian faith still flourishes in the Bible Belt -- but there, like elsewhere, it's in decline. That's one of the findings of the...
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Obama needs to launch WPA 2.0
March 10, 2009Reposted from www.rifuture.org On the side walk outside of my house in the Saylesville section of Lincoln, RI, is a copper emblem sunk into the concrete dating back to 1939. As you can from the picture,...
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