U.S.
Obama admin. announces new mountaintop mining policy
June 12, 2009Taking aim at mountaintop removal mining, this week, the Obama administration announced a new effort to strengthen federal oversight of the practice and to punish mining companies who fail to protect the environment. The new policy...
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Next 8 weeks critical for health reform, Obama says
June 12, 2009“The next eight weeks are going to be critical” to winning meaningful health care reform, President Obama told a Wisconsin town hall meeting today.
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Even with 600,000 new summer jobs, fears of a jobless recovery grow
June 12, 2009Concern is growing that an economic recovery, if and when it comes, may not be much of a job generator. The talk among many economists these days is that the economy may “recover” without an increase...
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Recycle your old tv
June 12, 2009The big switch to digital TV happens tomorrow, June 12th. If you have cable or purchased a converter box, your TV will continue to work. Many people have chosen to buy a new television to ensure...
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Whatever you give, you get back ten times
June 12, 2009Pioneering medical anthropologist and lifelong communist Corinne Shear Wood died May 25 at age 84 in Santa Cruz, Calif., after a brief illness. Dr. Wood’s life wove together her commitment to social justice, medical research and...
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