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Ohio town rallies around hungry, disabled woman charged with penny theft
October 18, 2013BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio - Residents here rallied around Deirdre Romine, who was charged with theft after she was found with $2.87 in wet pennies in her pocket, scavenged to buy some food.
Read moreAuthor calls for fight to prevent extinction of the college prof
October 17, 2013Today only a few universities are faculty drive. Harvard and the University of Chicago are among them and are among the best institutions in America. So what happened?
Read moreCory Booker elected New Jersey’s first African-American U.S. senator
October 17, 2013Democrat Cory Booker defeated his tea party opponent Steve Lonegan and made history last night by becoming the state's first African American U.S. senator.
Read morePlutocratic push at the Supreme Court
October 17, 2013Watergate? If the Supreme Court ends all limits on what our super rich can throw into election campaigns, U.S. politics faces dangers more troubling than anything Richard Nixon ever created.
Read moreShutdown deal: The cloud around the silver lining
October 17, 2013The agreement to end the shutdown and suspend the debt ceiling is a political victory for President Obama and a defeat for the tea party.
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