U.S.
Drink coffee, live longer?
May 22, 2012Some positive science to report: drinking coffee keeps the Grim Reaper away-at lease for a while longer.
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Thousands wrongly convicted
May 22, 2012In the last 23 years alone, more than 2,000 people were falsely convicted, but probably far more people are in prison for crimes they did not commit.
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Iraq and Afghanistan veterans return medals at NATO protest
May 22, 2012U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars threw their medals towards the site of the NATO Summit May 20 in what was called the most dramatic antiwar action by ex-GIs since Vietnam.
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Three cheers for Mariela Castro’s visit to the U.S.
May 21, 2012Mariela Castro, staunch advocate and supporter of LGBT causes, daughter of Raul Castro and neice to Fidel Castro, is coming to the United States.
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Florida’s progressive forces unite against insurance company
May 21, 2012Progressive forces from around Florida converged here May 17 to protest Coventry Health Care's use of its mega-profits to oppose the Affordable Care Act.
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