U.S.
Bipartisan budget deal announced
December 11, 2013The spending increase of $63 billion is the total of a $45 billion increase for 2014 and an $18 billion increase for 2015.
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Overflow crowd at Peoples World celebration in New York
December 11, 2013The Friends of the People's World hosted its yearly fundraiser Dec. 8, the Better World Awards. This year was an exceptional one.
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Officials call for further suspensions of deportations
December 11, 201329 members of the House of Representatives has sent a letter to President Obama asking that he respond to Republican obstructionism on immigration reform legislation.
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The curious case of Hobby Lobby
December 10, 2013Can a for-profit corporation have religion? Can its religious feelings be hurt? If some of its employees take a pill to prevent pregnancy, does that violate the corporation's rights?
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Ban Tasers in Texas schools, groups demand
December 10, 2013A deputy immobilized a Texas high school student on school grounds with a stun gun, leaving him hospitalized and in a coma. A coalition is asking to end use of "less-than-lethal weapons" in school districts statewide....
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