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Study: More Than Half of Poor Infants Raised by Mothers Suffering From Depression - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 06:00
Study: More Than Half of Poor Infants Raised by Mothers Suffering From Depression
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A new study says over half of babies living in poverty are being raised by mothers who suffer bouts of mild to severe depression. The Washington, DC-based ...
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Ex-RNC Chair Reveals He's Gay - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 06:00
Ex-RNC Chair Reveals He's Gay
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Former Republican National Committee chair and George W. Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman has publicly revealed that he's gay. ...
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Zelaya: U.S. Subverting Honduran Democracy - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 05:59
Zelaya: U.S. Subverting Honduran Democracy
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The ousted former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is renewing criticism of the Obama administration's support for his successor, Honduran President ...
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Top Obama Environmental Advisers Sidelined During Drilling Talks - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 05:58
Top Obama Environmental Advisers Sidelined During Drilling Talks
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Two of President Obama's top environmental advisers have admitted they were excluded from the decision-making process behind the expansion of offshore ...
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72 Killed in Mexico Drug Killings - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 05:58
72 Killed in Mexico Drug Killings
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Seventy-two dead bodies have been found on a Mexican ranch near the US border in what's being described as the single deadliest attack of Mexico's drug war. ...
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Islamic Center Vandalized in California; Kentucky Board Rejects Mosque - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 05:58
Islamic Center Vandalized in California; Kentucky Board Rejects Mosque
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More anti-Muslim incidents are being reported around the country as the mosque controversy grows. On Wednesday, police in Madera, California, said they're ...
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New York Taxi Driver Stabbed in Anti-Muslim Attack - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 05:58
New York Taxi Driver Stabbed in Anti-Muslim Attack
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The ongoing hysteria over a proposed Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero appears to be fueling anti-Muslim attacks both here in New York and nationwide ...
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Report: Corruption-Linked Afghan Official on CIA Payroll - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 05:58
Report: Corruption-Linked Afghan Official on CIA Payroll
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A top Afghan official at the center of a corruption scandal in Afghanistan is reportedly on the payroll of the CIA. The official, Mohammed Zia Salehi, ...
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Over 50 Killed in Iraq Violence - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 05:57
Over 50 Killed in Iraq Violence
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The death toll from a string of attacks across Iraq Wednesday has surpassed fifty, with nearly 200 people wounded. Earlier today eight members of a ...
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Swimming Upstream: Eve Ensler Marks Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina ... - Democracy Now
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 05:57
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Swimming Upstream: Eve Ensler Marks Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina ...
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The award-winning playwright Eve Ensler plans to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by staging performances of her new work Swimming Upstream ...
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Texas School Rejects Admission for Daughter of Lesbian Couple - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:19
Texas School Rejects Admission for Daughter of Lesbian Couple
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And in Texas, a private Christian school has denied admission to a four-year-old student because her parents are lesbians. St. Vincent's Cathedral School ...
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Israeli FM: Settlement Construction to Resume Next Month - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:19
USA Today
Israeli FM: Settlement Construction to Resume Next Month
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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says he expects West Bank settlement construction to resume when Israel's ten-month nominal freeze expires next ...
Israeli and Palestinian Authority Agree to Direct TalksDemocracy Now
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Carter Lands in North Korea to Free US Prisoner - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:19
Carter Lands in North Korea to Free US Prisoner
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Former President Jimmy Carter has landed in North Korea to secure the release of a US national sentenced to eight years of hard labor for illegal entry. ...
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Report: NOLA Officers Ordered to Shoot Looters After Katrina - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:18
Report: NOLA Officers Ordered to Shoot Looters After Katrina
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The investigative news website ProPublica is reporting New Orleans police officers received orders to shoot looters in the days after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Admin to Appeal Blocking of Stem Cell Funding - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:18
Admin to Appeal Blocking of Stem Cell Funding
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The Obama administration says it will appeal a federal judge's blocking of President Obama's executive order restoring funding for embryonic stem cell ...
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Rep. Meek Defeats Billionaire Challenger in Fla. Dem Senate - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:18
Rep. Meek Defeats Billionaire Challenger in Fla. Dem Senate
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Meanwhile, in Florida, Congress member Kendrick Meek defeated billionaire real estate investor Jeff Greene for the Democratic Senate nomination. Rep. ...
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McCain Holds Off Challenger; Murkowski Trails in Alaska GOP Race - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:18
McCain Holds Off Challenger; Murkowski Trails in Alaska GOP Race
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State primaries were held Tuesday in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma and Vermont. In Arizona, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona easily defeated ...
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Study: Microbes Eating Up Oil in Gulf of Mexico - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:18
CBC.ca
Study: Microbes Eating Up Oil in Gulf of Mexico
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A new scientific study claims oil-eating microbes have drastically reduced the amount of oil from the BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Scientist Accuses Obama Administration and BP of Underestimating Amount Of Oil ...Democracy Now
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WikiLeaks Announces Release of CIA Paper - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:17
WikiLeaks Announces Release of CIA Paper
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The online whistleblower site WikiLeaks says it's preparing to unveil a new US government document today. In a Twitter message, the group said it plans to ...
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33 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Iraq Violence - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:17
33 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Iraq Violence
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At least thirty-three people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a spate of violence across Iraq. The deadliest attack came in a suicide bombing of ...
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