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By Allen Barra
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Democratic legislation that would prevent student loan interest rates from doubling was blocked in the Senate by Republicans on Tuesday.
Posted on May 8, 2012
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After mischaracterizing a law governing medical marijuana distribution, the president who refused to prosecute those who led the U.S. into an indefinite war on terror told a Rolling Stone interviewer last month that he couldn’t ask the Justice Department to “turn the other way” when it comes to potential violations of medical marijuana use.
Posted on May 8, 2012
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A measure that would ban same-sex marriage and civil unions is expected to pass Tuesday in North Carolina, according to the latest poll of likely voters there.
Posted on May 8, 2012
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Richard Elzey (CC BY 2.0)
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With a quarter of the 3.3 million reported American home foreclosures, Florida exemplifies the human suffering, suburban rot and political confusion that have become legacies of the economic and housing crisis.
Posted on May 8, 2012
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AP/J.P. Karas
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The CIA foiled an elaborate new underwear bomb plot by an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen that was intended to bring down a U.S.-bound airliner, The Associated Press reported Monday.
Posted on May 7, 2012
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Gage Skidmore
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He may have lost to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in both caucuses, but Ron Paul won a majority of the delegates in each state.
Posted on May 7, 2012
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Szymon Kochanski (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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As neighboring Argentina brings its oil supply under state control, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced last week that his government has placed the country’s electricity sector under public ownership by seizing the main power grid from a Spanish company.
Posted on May 7, 2012
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AP/Butch Dill
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The U.S. once led the world in free education. The recent debate in Washington about whether to let student loan interest rates double ignores the fact that many students already cannot afford a college education or advanced training.
Posted on May 7, 2012
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The CIA killed Fahd al-Quso, a high-profile al-Qaida leader wanted by the FBI for his role in the 2000 bombing of the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole, with a missile fired from a remote-controlled drone in Yemen on Sunday.
Posted on May 7, 2012
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AP/Mikhail Metzel
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Police in Russia’s capital began cracking heads Sunday once some of the 20,000 Russians marching against Vladimir Putin made a turn for the Kremlin. Putin resumes the presidency Monday after a four-year interlude as prime minister.
Posted on May 6, 2012
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Private prison corporations are taking advantage of the economic crisis to buy state prisons; the French right wing is, unsurprisingly, falling apart; meanwhile, Obama goes back on his word and cracks down on medical marijuana dispensaries. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on May 6, 2012
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AP/Michel Spingler
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The austerity regime in Europe took a big hit Sunday, with French voters electing Socialist Francois Hollande, while the Greeks, also voting Sunday, handed out pink slips to the ruling centrist coalition that has slashed government spending on EU orders.
Posted on May 6, 2012
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Paul Wicks (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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In an effort to improve upon the 2008 slogans of “Hope” and “Change,” the Obama campaign insisted before an Ohio audience Saturday that the president would take the country “Forward” if voters (and corporate sponsors) elected him to four more years in the White House.
Posted on May 5, 2012
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Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a law Friday that eliminates Planned Parenthood’s access to taxpayer money that is funneled through the state for non-abortion services, saying that any funds sent to the organization could indirectly be used to pay for abortions.
Posted on May 5, 2012
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U.S. Air Force/Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt
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Shrugging off Pakistani opposition, an American drone fired missiles into a house near the Afghan border on Saturday, killing eight suspected militants.
Posted on May 5, 2012
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