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Rep. Dennis Kucinich: The Last Thing American Workers and Our Economy Needs...

Seeded on Mon Oct 3, 2011 11:19 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Today President Obama submitted three free trade agreements to Congress based on the flawed North-American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) model that has been devastating to our economy, American workers and to labor and environmental standards.

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First-person accounts add layers to Troy Davis debate

Seeded on Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:48 PM EDT (USA Today)

Ault, who oversaw five executions while commissioner, writes inNewsweek, "I feared not only the risk of Georgia killing an innocent man, but also the psychological toll it would exact on the prison workers who performed his execution."

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Priest offers spiritual survival guide for recession

Seeded on Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:39 PM EDT (CNN)

Sooner or later, it happens to each of us, Richard Rohr says. “There always will be at least one situation in our lives that we cannot fix, control, explain, change or even understand,” the Franciscan priest said. Maybe you’ve been laid off from a job you he …

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Troy Davis and constitutional virtues - CNN.com

Seeded on Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:00 AM EDT (CNN)

 When I was a federal prosecutor, I had some sleepless nights.

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America, God is calling...

Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:35 PM EDT

With the execution of Troy Davis at 11:08 pm EST on September 21, 2011, the United States of America, and specifically, the state of Georgia, has put itself on untenable moral ground for its legal system.

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Martina Davis-Correia: The Execution of Troy Davis -- A Mother's Story

Seeded on Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:36 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

My brother, Troy Davis is on death row for the 1989 tragic murder of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. On Aug. 19, MacPhail was gunned down while rushing to the rescue of a homeless man being pistol-whipped in the parking lot of a Greyhound bus station.

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Troy Davis Execution: Former FBI Chief William S. Sessions Calls On Georgia To Stay Order

Seeded on Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:45 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The execution of Troy Davis, a Georgia death row inmate scheduled to die in less than a week, should be halted because of "pervasive, persistent doubts" about his guilt, said William S.

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Rev. Al Sharpton: Stop the Execution of Troy Davis

Seeded on Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:01 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

In 1991, Davis was convicted -- based solely on witness testimony -- of murdering a Georgia police officer. Despite prevalent inconsistencies even at that time, he remains on death row till this day.

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How Foreign Money Can Find Its Way Into Political Campaigns

Seeded on Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:36 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

- Every election cycle brings new concerns about foreign interests influencing U.S. elections and secretly funneling money to U.S.

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New study is wake-up call for diet soda drinkers

Seeded on Sat Jul 2, 2011 11:16 PM EDT (CBS News)

Sorry, soda lovers - even diet drinks can make you fat. That's the word from authors of two new studies, presented Sunday at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association in San Diego. "Data from this and other prospective studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas as heal …

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Miami Heat blows 15-point lead as Dallas Mavericks tie series - Miami Heat - MiamiHerald.com

Seeded on Fri Jun 3, 2011 2:17 AM EDT (MiamiHerald.com)

The Heat were primed to head to Dallas with a commanding 2-0 Finals lead, but the Mavs rallied to tie the series and seize momentum.

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Naomi Wolf: My Sex Life with the TSA

Seeded on Sun May 29, 2011 1:51 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

So this blog post is titled: "My Sex Life with the TSA". Because I am getting a LOT of action from them.I went through JFK this past week. As usual, I request not to go through the backscatter machines.

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"Not Cold-Fusion" device will be marketed in America

Seeded on Sat May 28, 2011 12:17 PM EDT (Property Magazine)

An American company tied with the US defense and energy departments has struck a green energy deal with Energy Capitalizer (E-Cat) inventor Andrea Rossi to put his invention to the Americas market. The green energy device has previously attracted clients, including …

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Video: Kindergarten Teacher in Mexico Keeps Students Safe While Gunfight Outside

Seeded on Sat May 28, 2011 9:40 AM EDT (YouTube)

This dramatic video taken during a gunfight outside an elementary school in La Estanzuela, south of Monterrey, shows a schoolteacher keeping her kindergarten class safe and calm.

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Eliminating USIP is unwise and unsafe - The Hill's Congress Blog

Seeded on Thu May 26, 2011 10:06 PM EDT (TheHill.com)

From a national security standpoint, the decision made earlier this year by Republicans in the House of Representatives to eliminate the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) was not only wrong, but unwise. This week, however, is witnessing something far worse.

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Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Saying No to Permanent Global War

Seeded on Sat May 21, 2011 9:30 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The House is expected to vote soon on a bill that hands over to the president Congress' constitutional authority to declare and authorize war, substantially altering the delicate balance of powers that the Founding Fathers envisioned. The annual reauthorization of the Department  …

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Pamela Gerloff: The Psychology of Revenge: Why We Should Stop Celebrating Osama Bin Laden's Death

Seeded on Wed May 4, 2011 9:33 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

While the killing of Osama Bin Laden is being enthusiastically celebrated throughout America and some parts of the world, to say that such merriment is out of order will surely be considered heresy. Nonetheless, I'm saying it--because it needs to be said.

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Irrational Consumerism (or the few companies who fed the world)

Seeded on Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:07 AM EDT (Vigilant Citizen)

Not many people realize that most of the processed foods available on the market, whether they be in groceries or fast-food chains, all come from the same few companies.  Even less people realize that these companies are major actors in elite organizations who decide health, …

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Gut Bacteria Divide People into Three Types, Scientists Say

Seeded on Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:15 PM EDT (The New York Times)

In the early 1900s, scientists discovered that each person belonged to one of four blood types. Now they have discovered a new way to classify humanity: by bacteria. Each human being is host to thousands of different species of microbes.

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Debunking five myths about gas prices

Seeded on Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:40 PM EDT (Energy Tribune)

This past week I had an article published in the Washington Post called Five Myths about Gas Prices. I will discuss each particular myth in detail below, but the five myths I addressed were:

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United States Institute of Peace funded

Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:14 PM EDT

A recent email communication from the Peace Alliance said that recent votes in the House of Representatives and Senate will "fund the United States Institute of Peace throughout the rest of this fiscal year and the president is expected to sign soon." The votes reverse the pri …

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Japan sets radioactive limits for fish

Seeded on Tue Apr 5, 2011 11:27 PM EDT (Slashfood)

Japanese officials have found radioactive iodine at 7.5 million times the legal limit in seawater near the crippled Fukushima plant.

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Seven Sins of Our System of Forced Education

Seeded on Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:51 PM EDT (Psychology Today)

Sometimes I find, no matter how uncomfortable it makes me and others feel, I have to speak the truth. We can use all the euphemisms we want, but the literal truth is that schools, as they generally exist in the United States and other modern countries, are prisons.

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New lawsuit filed over GMO alfalfa

Seeded on Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:28 AM EDT (Slashfood)

The next skirmish over genetically modified foods is getting underway, pitting a coalition of environmental, consumer and food-safety groups against the federal government.

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Why organic milk is better for you

Seeded on Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:30 PM EDT (Slashfood)

Fans of organic milk now have a compelling argument for their choice: New evidence says it's better for you.

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