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Spain's Princess Cristina Ordered to Court for Tax Fraud, Money Laundering
A Spanish judge has remanded the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos to court on allegations of tax fraud and money laundering following charges her husband embezzled $8 million through his charity.
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U.S. Economy Losing "Up to a $1 Billion a Week" After Jobless Benefits Cut
The benefits expired last week after a bipartisan budget deal on federal spending for the next two years failed to include a reauthorization of the program.
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State of Idaho Seizes Back Control of Largest Prison From Corrections Corporation of America
The prison has been the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging rampant violence, understaffing, gang activity and contract fraud, and some of the lawsuits have resulted in federal court orders to improve conditions.
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The Year of the Great Redistribution – When Wealth Went Upwards
“Trickle-down” economics turned out to be trickle up in 2013, as the stock market ended at an all-time high and gave stockholders their biggest annual gain in decades, as wealth transferred from some of the rich to others of the rich.
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London and Chinese Mining Companies Threaten to Tap Arctic's Greenland Minerals
Though there is currently no mining in pristine Greenland, but a new multinational project has received approval and could result in 3,000 construction workers moving into the country of 57,000 to build a port and pipeline for the mine.
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Judge: Exxon Faces Criminal Charges For 50,000 Gallon Frack Waste Spill
A recent ruling in Pennsylvania means the eight charges against Exxon subsidiary XTO Energy – including violations of both Pennsylvania's Clean Streams Law and the Solid Waste Management Act – could be felony offenses.
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26,000 Sign Petition Demanding Washington Post Disclose Bezos-Amazon’s CIA Ties
The newspaper is facing a tsunami of criticism and calls for full disclosure after its new owner, Amazon C.E.O. and Bilderberg Group member Jeff Bezos, secured a $600 million contract with the CIA for “cloud” services.
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Building New Economies: What National People's Action Learned from the 1%
When thinking 40 years into the future, people step out of the current political situation, and our sense of what's possible becomes much more expansive.
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Protests Grow in Britain to Tax Corporations, the Rich, to Fund Free Education
Lord Browne, the former chairman of BP during the Gulf of Mexico disaster and current chair of fracking company Cuadrilla, pressed for steep cuts to British education while oil and gas companies avoided paying taxes and schools got corporatized.
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Revealed: 2012 Graduates Have Highest-Ever Student Debt
College graduates who borrowed for bachelor’s degrees granted in 2012 have an average student loan debt of $29,400, the highest average student loan debt ever on record. Overall, 70% of college seniors graduated with debt in 2012.
