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In Fracking Fight, a Worry About How Best to Measure Health Threats
In Pennsylvania, opponents of gas drilling say regulators are slow and unprepared in responding to air quality complaints.
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Selling Secrecy: Why Tax Evasion Is Running Rampant Across Europe
All across Europe, E.U. member states have been battling to deal with the dual fiscal and criminal crises.
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Treasury to Comerica: Take Our Money, Please!
Officials handed the bank tens of millions of dollars for a government payment card that left poor and disabled Americans vulnerable to fraud.
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Handing Bankers a Win-Win, Eurocrats Authorize Bailouts – and Bail-Ins
The new deal may be illegal under rules of the E.U. Parliament, but it is being rushed through to lock taxpayer and depositor liability into place before the dire state of Eurozone banks is exposed.
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Cops Or Soldiers: Why Are Paramilitary SWAT Teams Now Everywhere?
The number of SWAT deployments in small American cities soared even as violent crime fell – driven not by need, but by fear of being left behind by larger security forces.
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Inside Taiwan's Sunflower Movement – Where Asia's Largest Student Uprising Is Blooming
Taiwanese public opinion seems increasingly in favor of the student movement, with a majority of TV poll respondents supporting a review of the China trade pact and expressing disapproval of government conduct.
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Worldwide #WaveOfAction Begins April 4 at Former Occupy Sites
One of the beautiful things about this decentralized, non-hierarchical effort is that it is impossible for anyone to predict what will happen.
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Hedges v. Obama: Fighting the Militarized State
This law, if it is not struck down, will essentially replace our civilian judiciary with a military one, meaning people will not have a chance to get a lawyer or see the inside of a courtroom.
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Hundreds Protest Police Shootings in Albuquerque As Anonymous Hacks A.P.D. Page
A protest over deadly police shootings in Albuquerque turned from a peaceful demonstration to “mayhem,” as officers in riot gear clashed with protesters.
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Cop In Riot Gear Violently Blindsides Girl During Arizona Riots
In a shocking move, a police officer in riot gear comes out of nowhere to check a girl into a bench, for no clear reason.
